Variability in eritrea and the archaeology of the northern horn during the first millennium bc: Subsistence, ritual, and gold production

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-325

  Schmidt, Peter R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

'Pre Aksumite'; Ancient Ona; Bulls' heads; Eritrea; Gold; Ritual

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749095587     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-009-9061-5     Document Type: Article

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