The mantis, the eland and the meerkats: Conflict and mediation in a nineteenth‐century San Myth

African Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-216

  Lewis‐Williams, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 85007944441     PISSN: 00020184     EISSN: 14692872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00020189708707875     Document Type: Article

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