Kansyore fisher-foragers and transitions to food production in East Africa: The view from Wadh Lang'o, Nyanza Province, Western Kenya

Azania

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-111

  Prendergast, Mary E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; fishing; hunter gatherers; Kansyore; pastoralism; zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957837434     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00672700903291765     Document Type: Article

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