A geo-referenced radiocarbon database for Early Iron Age sites in sub-Saharan Africa: Initial analysis

Southern African Humanities

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 327-344

  Russell, Thembi ^a   Steele, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

14C; African Early Iron Age; Demie expansion; Radiocarbon; Rainfall; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858255503     PISSN: 16815564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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