Interregional interaction in southern Africa: Zhizo and Leopard's Kopje relations in northern South Africa, southwestern Zimbabwe, and eastern Botswana, AD 1000 to 1200

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 183-210

  Calabrese, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Complexity; Interaction; Iron Age; Leopard's Kopje; Southern Africa; Zhizo

Indexed keywords

EID: 33444473861     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006796925891     Document Type: Article

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