Early sculptural traditions in West Africa: New evidence from the Chad Basin of north-eastern Nigeria

Antiquity

Volumn 82, Issue 316, 2008, Pages 423-437

  Breunig, Peter ^a   Franke, Gabriele ^a   Nüsse, Michael ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clay figurines; Gajiganna; Iron Age; Late Stone Age; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749138856     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00096915     Document Type: Article

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