Towards a socialised archaeology of ceramics in great Lakes Africa

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-163

  Ashley, Ceri Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Entebbe ceramics; Food and function; Great Lakes; Transitional Urewe; Urewe

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954543571     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-010-9074-0     Document Type: Article

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