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Blood is their argument : warfare among the Mae Enga tribesmen of the New Guinea highlands

Title
  1. Blood is their argument : warfare among the Mae Enga tribesmen of the New Guinea highlands / Mervyn Meggitt.
Published by
  1. Palo Alto, California : Mayfield Publishing Company, 1977.
Author
  1. Meggitt, Mervyn J., 1924-2004

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Description
  1. xii, 223 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Series statement
  1. Explorations in world ethnology
Uniform title
  1. Explorations in world ethnology
Subject
  1. Enga (Papua New Guinean people) > Warfare
  2. Enga (Papua New Guinean people)
  3. Warfare, Prehistoric
  4. Warfare, Prehistoric
  5. Enga (Papua New Guinean people) > Warfare
  6. Kriegführung
  7. Enga
  8. Oorlogvoering
  9. Enga
  10. Ethnology > Papua New Guinea
  11. Military art and science > Papua New Guinea
  12. Iwi taketake
  13. Enga (peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée)
  14. Guerre
  15. Violence
  16. Ethnopsychologie
  17. Provinz Enga
  18. Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
Contents
  1. Preface -- Editors' preface -- Traditional Mae Enga warfare : preliminary considerations -- Kinds of fighting among the Mae -- The mechanics of Mae warfare -- Aspects of combat -- Battle casualties -- Peace-making and homicide compensations -- The general peace -- The return of violence -- Epilogue -- Glossary.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 211-213.