The rescue excavation and analysis of human remains from Hoekfontein, North West Province, South Africa

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 181, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Nienaber, Willem C ^a   Steyn, Maryna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bankeveld; Burial styles; Late iron age; Skeletons; Sotho tswana; Treponemal disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949230560     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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