Landscape, violence and social bodies: Ritualized architecture in a Solomon Islands society

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 545-572

  Thomas, Tim ^a   Sheppard, Peter ^b   Walter, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33749613533     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.00077     Document Type: Article

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