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16 - Epic Games

from Part III - The Ritual in the Game, the Game in the Ritual

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2017

Colin Renfrew
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University of Cambridge
Iain Morley
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Michael Boyd
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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  • Epic Games
  • Edited by Colin Renfrew, University of Cambridge, Iain Morley, University of Oxford, Michael Boyd, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies
  • Online publication: 06 December 2017
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316534663.016
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  • Edited by Colin Renfrew, University of Cambridge, Iain Morley, University of Oxford, Michael Boyd, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies
  • Online publication: 06 December 2017
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316534663.016
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  • Epic Games
  • Edited by Colin Renfrew, University of Cambridge, Iain Morley, University of Oxford, Michael Boyd, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies
  • Online publication: 06 December 2017
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316534663.016
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