Ideology, 'history of religions' and hunter-gatherer studies

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 489-510

  Shapiro, Warren ^a,b  

^a Rtitgers University

^b NONE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/3034158     Document Type: Article

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