Ceramics and change: An overview of pottery production techniques in northern South Africa and eastern Zimbabwe during the first and second millennium AD

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-149

  Lindahl, Anders ^a   Pikirayi, Innocent ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ceramic technology; Ceramic thin section; Change; Forming techniques; Iron Age southern Africa; Pottery; Simulated manufacture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873055939     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-010-0031-2     Document Type: Article

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