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Page 131
... hunter still performed a neces- sary function , for nowhere can crops be successfully cultivated or domestic cattle be kept safe , without trappers and hunters keeping down both the predators and the mischievous crop eaters , like the ...
... hunter still performed a neces- sary function , for nowhere can crops be successfully cultivated or domestic cattle be kept safe , without trappers and hunters keeping down both the predators and the mischievous crop eaters , like the ...
Page 169
... hunter's weapons that backed up his commands , whether rational or irrational , with the ultimate authority of armed force : above all , the readiness to kill . This original connection between kingship and hunting has remained visible ...
... hunter's weapons that backed up his commands , whether rational or irrational , with the ultimate authority of armed force : above all , the readiness to kill . This original connection between kingship and hunting has remained visible ...
Page 217
... hunter was preoccupied with hunting his own game . This practice does not sustain more than five or ten people at most per square mile . With such sparse numbers , murderous aggression would be difficult , and worse , suicidal . Even ...
... hunter was preoccupied with hunting his own game . This practice does not sustain more than five or ten people at most per square mile . With such sparse numbers , murderous aggression would be difficult , and worse , suicidal . Even ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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