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San Elders Speak : Ancestral knowledge of the Kalahari San

"San material culture has been a subject of study for many researchers and archaeologists but rarely has the documented material been seen through the eyes of the people themselves. San Elders Speak: Ancestral Knowledge of the Kalahari San is the first attempt to document indigenous knowledge t...

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Autor principal: Backwell, Lucinda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : Wits University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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