The dialectal tribe and the doctrine of continuity

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 381-418

  Berson, Josh ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; COLONIZATION; CULTURAL TRADITION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANGUAGE; RACE; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOVEREIGNTY; KINSHIP; SUBSISTENCE;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84898470383     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417514000085     Document Type: Review

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