Surveying the Boundaries of Historical Linguistics and Archaeology: Early Settlement in South Central Africa

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 209-251

  de Luna, Kathryn M ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bantu; Botatwe; Glottochronology; Historical linguistics; Iron Age; South Central Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866551417     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-012-9112-1     Document Type: Article

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