An Urewe burial in Rwanda: Exchange, health, wealth and violence c. AD 400

Azania

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 276-297

  Giblin, John ^a   Clement, Anna ^a   Humphris, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

burial; exchange; Great Lakes; health; Urewe; violence; wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959274989     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2010.521677     Document Type: Article

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