Hunting and herding at Moritsane, a village in Southeastern Botswana, c. AD 1165-1275

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 65, Issue 192, 2010, Pages 154-163

  Cohen, David Reed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone points; Botswana; Environmental change; Middle Iron Age; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955029494     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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