Pathways to social complexity and state formation in the Southern Zambezian region

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 131-152

  Kim, Nam C ^a   Kusimba, Chapurukha M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fortification; Great Zimbabwe; Mapungubwe; Social and political complexity; States; Urbanism; Zambezia; Zimbabwe culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549122536     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-008-9031-3     Document Type: Article

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