Two Vanished African Maritime Traditions and a Parallel from South America

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 273-292

  Blench, Roger ^a  

^a Kay Williamson Educational Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Bantu; Linear networks; Linguistics; Seafaring technology; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866552275     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-012-9115-y     Document Type: Article

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