The advent of herding in southern Africa: Early AMS dates on domestic livestock from the Kalahari desert

Current Anthropology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 671-677

  Robbins, Lawrence H ^a   Campbell, Alec C ^b   Murphy, Michael L ^c   Brook, George A ^d   Srivastava, Pradeep ^d   Badenhorst, Shaw ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kellogg Community College ^*  (Botswana)

^c Kellogg Community College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e African Heritage Research Institute   (South Africa)

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EID: 33748699829     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432748     Document Type: Review

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