Writing(pre)history: Narrative and archaeological explanation in the New Guinea Highlands

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 135-148

  Ballard, Chris ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33748517097     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2003.tb00540.x     Document Type: Article

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