Pastoral origins at the Cape, South Africa: Influences and arguments

Southern African Humanities

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-60

  Smith, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Debate on neolithization; Early pastoralism; Khoe linguistics; Western Cape

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949103538     PISSN: 16815564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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