Notes on the fauna from three late iron age mega-sites, Boitsemagano, Molokwane and Mabjanamatshwana, North West Province, South Africa

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 183, 2006, Pages 57-67

  Plug, Ina ^a   Badenhorst, Shaw ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Domestic animals; Fauna; Late iron age; Mega sites; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949458208     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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