Beyond belief: Religious experience, ritual, and cultural neuro-phenomenology in the interpretation of past religious systems

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-36

  Dornan, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 55349099444     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774304000022     Document Type: Article

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