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There is a large body of debate about the authenticity or accuracy of historic documents mentioning cannibalism.
“There is a large body of debate about the authenticity or accuracy of historic documents mentioning cannibalism (Jennings, 2011;McLaughlin, 2005;Sahlins, 2003)”
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- Authors
- Sahlins, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sahlins, Marshall
- Venue
- Anthropology Today
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2003-06
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 3-5
- ISSN
- 0268-540X (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8322
- OpenAlex
- W2076127437
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 7.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Anthropology Today (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
- Keywords
- global warming, cannibalism, Fiji, climate change controversy
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