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2 - Introduction: Play as the Precursor of Ritual in Early Human Societies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2017

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Colin Renfrew
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. 9 - 20
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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