New research on the holocene settlement and environment of the Chad Basin in Nigeria

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-145

  Breunig, Peter ^a   Neumann, Katharina ^a   Van Neer, Wim ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Holocene; Later Stone Age; Nigeria; Paleoeconomy; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000688751     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01956304     Document Type: Article

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