Motives and opportunities for domestication: An ethnoarchaeological study in southwest Ethiopia

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 358-375

  Hildebrand, Elisabeth Anne ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Agriculture; Dioscorea; Domestication; Ethiopia; Gender; Sheko; Yams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345016872     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4165(03)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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