Investigating Identity and Life Histories: Isotopic Analysis and Historical Documentation of Slave Skeletons Found on the Cape Town Foreshore, South Africa

International Journal of Historical Archeology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-224

  Cox, Glenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African slaves; Diet; Isotope analysis; Skeletal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001734488     PISSN: 10927697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027349115474     Document Type: Article

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