Shona ethnography and the archaeology of the K2 burials

Southern African Humanities

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 299-326

  Hattingh, Shawn ^a   Hall, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ceramic grave goods; Ceramic sociology; Juvenile burials; K2; Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955016251     PISSN: 16815564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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