Archeological approaches to East Africa's changing seascapes

World Archaeology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 469-489

  Breen, Colin ^a   Lane, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b British Institute in Eastern Africa   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal; East Africa; Maritime; Mombasa; Swahili

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE RESOURCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1842633263     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824042000185838     Document Type: Article

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