Like people in prehistory

World Archaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-343

  Dowson, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rock art; San; Shamanism; South africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 5544294711     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1998.9980383     Document Type: Article

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