New excavations at Mumba Rockshelter, Tanzania

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-243

  Prendergast, Mary E ^a   Domínguez Rodrigo, Manuel ^b   Barba, Rebeca ^b   Luque, Luis ^c   Diez Martín, Fernando ^d   Mabulla, Audax Z P ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Avenida Sagunto   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

East Africa; Iron age; Kansyore; Later stone age; Middle stone age; Mumba; Pastoral neolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649099453     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/1612-1651-10093     Document Type: Article

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