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Hunting and gathering in a Ghanaian rain forest community

George J.S. Dei Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University; Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario
Pages 225-243 | Received 01 Mar 1988, Accepted 30 Jun 1988, Published online: 31 Aug 2010

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