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13 - Manipulating the Bones: Eating and Augury in the Maltese Temples

from Part II - Playing with Belief and Performance in Ancient Societies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2017

By
Caroline Malone
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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. 187 - 208
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Print publication year: 2017

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