Vitrified cattle dung in the Iron Age of southern Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3553-3560

  Huffman, T N ^a   Elburg, M ^b   Watkeys, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Iron Age archaeology; Southern Africa; Vitrified cattle dung; XRF

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CATTLE; IRON AGE;

LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84878571431     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.03.026     Document Type: Article

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