Cattle herds and the redistribution of cattle resources

World Archaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-57

  Reid, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Complex societies; Herd offtake; Mortality profiles; Power

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CATTLE HERD; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL STUDY; MORTALITY PROFILE; RESOURCES REDISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA, (EAST); AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

EID: 0030477227     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1996.9980330     Document Type: Article

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