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- ↑ "Department of Anthropology | Idaho State University". www.isu.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28.
- ↑ Samoa Village Patterns: Four Examples by Jesse D. Jennings, Richard Holmer and Gregory Jackmond, University of Utah. Journal of the Polynesian Society, Vol. 91. No. 1, 1982. Retrieved 2 November 2009
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