Divining the siege of Mugombane

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-474

  Esterhuysen, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Divination; Historic cave; Makapan; Maleficent magic; Mugombane; Siege; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249119244     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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