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Author Feil, D. K. (Daryl Keith), 1948-

Title The evolution of Highland Papua New Guinea societies / D.K. Feil
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987

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Description xii, 313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: List of plates; List of maps and tables; Preface; 1. Prologue: anthropology in the Papua New Guinea highlands; 2. Papua New Guinea highlands prehistory: a social anthropologist's view; 3. Configurations of intensity; 4. Warfare; 5. Leadership and politics; 6. Social structure; 7. Male-female relations; 8. Ceremonial exchange; 9. the legacy of the past; Bibliography; Index
Analysis Papua New Guinea Highlands Cultural processes - Comparative studies
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 287-306
Subject Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea.
SUBJECT Papua New Guinea -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097691
Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116522
LC no. 52133423
ISBN 0521334233