Ecological Pressure and the Transition From Foraging to Agricultural Lifestyle on the Shire Highlands, Malawi

Human Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-371

  Juwayeyi, Yusuf M ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculturists; Floral and faunal assemblages; Foragers, Transition; Malawi; Shire Higlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EXPLOITATION; FAUNA; FLORA; HUNTER-GATHERER; IRON AGE; LIFESTYLE; SHELTER; STONE AGE;

MALAWI; SHIRE HIGHLANDS;

EID: 79958087859     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-011-9391-1     Document Type: Article

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