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Crafting Cultural Identity in Hunter-Gatherer Economies

  1. Kenneth E. Sassaman

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1525/ap3a.1998.8.1.93

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Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Special Issue: Craft and Social Identity

Volume 8, Issue 1, pages 93–107, January 1998

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Sassaman, K. E. (1998), Crafting Cultural Identity in Hunter-Gatherer Economies. Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, 8: 93–107. doi: 10.1525/ap3a.1998.8.1.93

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  1. Univerity of Florida

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