An ethnoarchaeological study of Twa potters in southern Rwanda

Azania

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-320

  Kohtamaki, Marjaana ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ethnoarchaeology; pottery; Rwanda; Twa

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959234556     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2010.521678     Document Type: Article

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