Add shamans and stir? A critical review of the shamanism model of forager rock art production

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-233

  McCall, Grant S ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Altered states of consciousness; Foragers; Later stone age; Rock art; Shamanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247624624     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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