Recent Evidence of Animal Exploitation in the Axumite Epoch, 1st-5th Centuries AD

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-116

  Tefera, M ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Cattle; Domestication; Ethiopia; Goats; Herding; Hunting; Poultry; Sheep

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ETHIOPIA; GOAT; HISTORY; HUMAN; POULTRY; SHEEP;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ARCHAEOLOGY; CATTLE; ETHIOPIA; GOATS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; POULTRY; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ELEPHANTIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0442329808     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000012100.96577.5f     Document Type: Article

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