Reconstruction of spatial organization in abandoned Maasai settlements: Implications for site structure in the Pastoral Neolithic of East Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1395-1411

  Shahack Gross, Ruth ^a   Marshall, Fiona ^b   Ryan, Kathleen ^c   Weiner, Steve ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnoarchaeology; Geoarchaeology; Maasai pastoralists; Micromorphology; Mineralogy; Phytoliths; Site structure

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FOOD PRODUCTION; PASTORALISM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4544238263     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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