Urbanism and the archaeological visibility of African complex societies

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-241

  Connah, Graham ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

African complex societies; Archaeological visibility; Excavation methods; Scale of investigations; Survey methods; Urbanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849472286     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/1612-1651-10108     Document Type: Article

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