Palaeodemography of early iron age Toutswe communities in Botswana

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 180, 2004, Pages 45-51

  Mosothwane, Morongwa N ^a   Steyn, Maryna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burials; Life table; Mapungubwe; Skeletal biology; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949539873     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3889242     Document Type: Article

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