Disclosing Archaeological Complexity of the Khartoum Mesolithic: New Data at the Site and Regional Level

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 399-472

  Salvatori, Sandro ^a,b  

^a Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente (IsIAO)   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Sudan; Chronology; Khartoum Mesolithic; Mesolithic pottery; Settlement pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870388021     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-012-9119-7     Document Type: Article

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