Putting pots and people in the Sahelian empires

Azania

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-48

  Haour, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

central Sahel; craft learning; empires; pottery decoration; roulettes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957468929     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2011.552947     Document Type: Conference Paper

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