Ecocosmologies in the making: New mining rituals in two Papua New Guinea societies

Ethnology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-328

  Moretti, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; CHRISTIANITY; COSMOLOGY; GOLD MINE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MORALITY; RELIGION; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 61849090338     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: 21603510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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