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Page 206
... WESTERN SAMOA the islands into warfare . The material culture was utili- tarian , and most artifacts are unadorned . There appears to have been no dominant priestly class ; family elders performed the rituals of a pantheistic religion ...
... WESTERN SAMOA the islands into warfare . The material culture was utili- tarian , and most artifacts are unadorned . There appears to have been no dominant priestly class ; family elders performed the rituals of a pantheistic religion ...
Page 303
... Western music . Varia- tions from Western intervals are often expressed as mea- surements in cents ( 100 cents one half step in equal temperament , the pattern of 12 equal half steps used in Western music ; cf. TUNING AND TEMPERAMENT ...
... Western music . Varia- tions from Western intervals are often expressed as mea- surements in cents ( 100 cents one half step in equal temperament , the pattern of 12 equal half steps used in Western music ; cf. TUNING AND TEMPERAMENT ...
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... western British Co- lumbia , and the western Yukon Territory . The Silurian of the bulk of Alaska to the west of the Yukon Territory is too poorly known to be added to this picture . To the north of the North American Platform occur the ...
... western British Co- lumbia , and the western Yukon Territory . The Silurian of the bulk of Alaska to the west of the Yukon Territory is too poorly known to be added to this picture . To the north of the North American Platform occur the ...
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