Palms and the prototypicality of trees: Some questions concerning assumptions in the comparative study of categories and labels

The Social Life of Trees: Anthropological Perspectives on Tree Symbolism

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 57-79

  Ellen, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85109636166     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781003136040-4     Document Type: Chapter

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