Trade and society on the south-east African coast in the later first millennium AD: The case of Chibuene

Antiquity

Volumn 86, Issue 333, 2012, Pages 723-737

  Sinclair, Paul ^a   Ekblom, Anneli ^a   Wood, Marilee ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beach market; Beads; Chibuene; First millennium AD; Port; Social complexity; Social hierarchy; South east africa; Trade and exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865964629     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00047876     Document Type: Article

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