Toward a systematic bead description system: A view from the lower falemme, Senegal

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-110

  DeCorse, Christopher R ^a   Richard, François G ^a   Thiaw, Ibrahima ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Laboratoire d'Archéologie   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Beads; Methodology; Senegal; Trade; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649133016     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/1612-1651-10003     Document Type: Article

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