Archaeological evidence for climatic change during the last 2000 years in southern Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 33, Issue , 1996, Pages 55-60

  Huffman, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROPASTORALIST; CLIMATE CHANGE; IRON AGE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD;

AFRICA, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030424617     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1040-6182(95)00095-X     Document Type: Article

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