Rituals of Consumption and the Politics of Feasting on the Eastern African Coast, AD 700-1500

Journal of World Prehistory

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 195-217

  Fleisher, Jeffrey ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Display; East Africa; Feasting; Swahili

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; CULTURAL TRADITION; POLITICAL PROCESS; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOVEREIGNTY;

SWAHILI COAST;

EID: 78649463784     PISSN: 08927537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-010-9041-3     Document Type: Article

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