Four middle Holocene pillar sites in West Turkana, Kenya

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-200

  Hildebrand, Elisabeth A ^a   Shea, John J ^a   Grillo, Katherine M ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Africa; Herding; Kenya; Megaliths; Pillar sites; Turkana

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051872807     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/009346911X12991472411088     Document Type: Review

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