The End of the Beginning? Mining, sacred geographies, memory and performance in Lihir

Australian Journal of Anthropology (The)

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-49

  Bainton, Nicholas A ^a   Ballard, Chris ^b   Gillespie, Kirsty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84859318810     PISSN: 10358811     EISSN: 17576547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-6547.2012.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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