Grief and burial in the American southwest: The role of evolutionary theory in the interpretation of mortuary remains

American Antiquity

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 704-714

  MacDonald, Douglas H ^a  

^a GAI Consultants Inc   (United States)

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EID: 34547355587     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694183     Document Type: Article

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