Faunal remains from chibuene, an Iron Age coastal trading station in central Mozambique

Southern African Humanities

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Badenhorst, Shaw ^a,c   Sinclair, Paul ^b   Ekblom, Anneli ^b   Plug, Ina ^c  

^a Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^b Department of Archaeology and Ancient History   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bantu speakers; Cattle; Fauna; Fishing; Swahili; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860858541     PISSN: 16815564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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