An early date for cattle from Namaqualand, South Africa: Implications for the origins of herding in southern Africa

Antiquity

Volumn 87, Issue 335, 2013, Pages 108-120

  Orton, Jayson ^a,b   Mitchell, Peter ^c,d   Klein, Richard ^e   Steele, Teresa ^f   Horsburgh, K Ann ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dispersal routes; Early herding; Namaqualand; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875338191     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00048651     Document Type: Article

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