An ethnoarchaeological framework for the identification and distinction of late Holocene archaeological sites in East Africa

Azania

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-23

  Mutundu, Kennedy K ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

'Pastoral Neolithic'; East Africa; Ethnoarchaeology; hunter gatherers; identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957870557     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00672700903291724     Document Type: Article

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