Ornaments as social and chronological icons: A case study of southeastern Zimbabwe

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 409-424

  Bvocho, Godhi ^a,b  

^a Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronological significance; Classification; Malumba; Mwenezi; Ornaments; Social significants; Trade networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644439629     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605305057586     Document Type: Article

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