Imagining rain-places: Rain-control and changing ritual landscapes in the Shashe-Limpopo Confluence Area, South Africa

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 184, 2006, Pages 152-165

  Schoeman, Maria H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Identity; Iron Age; Rain control; Shashe Limpopo Confluence Area; South Africa; State development

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149107526     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20474923     Document Type: Article

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