Conditions and mechanisms for peace in precontact polynesia

Current Anthropology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 927-934

  Younger, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 54249122541     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591276     Document Type: Article

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