The ecologically noble savage debate

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2007, Pages 177-190

  Hames, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Human ecology; Hunting

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CONSERVATION; HUNTING;

EID: 35948999722     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.35.081705.123321     Document Type: Article

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