ANTH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Environmental Anthropology, Overconsumption

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 100
• Professor: Erin Mc Guire

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