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1 - Introducing Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2017

By
Iain Morley
Edited by
Colin Renfrew ,
Iain Morley  and
Michael Boyd
Colin Renfrew
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Iain Morley
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Michael Boyd
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies , pp. 1 - 8
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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