Modelling the Swahili past: The archaeology of Mikindani in southern coastal Tanzania

Azania

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-508

  Pawlowicz, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coast hinterland; Indian Ocean trade; Mikindani; Swahili; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870041472     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2012.723510     Document Type: Article

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