Masons, Tricksters and Cartographers

Masons, Tricksters and Cartographers

David Turnbull

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2000
Materia
Antropología
ISBN:
9789057024993

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This highly original study puts forward the notion that every culture has its own ways of assembling local knowledge, thereby creating space through the linking of people, practices and places.

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