Alternating Ontologies: Exchange and Ritual in Anganen History

Australian Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 275-298

  Nihill, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84937279133     PISSN: 10358811     EISSN: 17576547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-9310.1996.tb00332.x     Document Type: Article

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