Shared social fields: Evolutionary convergence in prehistory and contemporary practice

American Anthropologist

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-506

  Kohl, Philip L ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; History and evolution; Social fields; World systems analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649092160     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2008.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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