Early Pottery in Northern Africa-An Overview

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-238

  Jesse, Friederike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Northern Africa; Pottery; Wavy Line

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862750281     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/1612-1651-10171     Document Type: Article

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