Seeking the Headhunter’s Power: The Quest for Arutam Among the Achuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Development of Ranked Societies

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 523-546

  Chacon, Richard J ^a  

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Author keywords

Paralytic Rabies; River Otter; Supernatural Force; Supernatural Power; Village Elder

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118686441     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-48303-0_20     Document Type: Chapter

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