A comparison between pre- and post-colonial health in the northern parts of South Africa, a preliminary study

World Archaeology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 276-288

  Steyn, Maryna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Difeqane; Iron Age; Palaeodemography; Palaeopathology; Skeletal remains

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0142197691     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824032000111425     Document Type: Article

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