The Transition from the Later Stone Age to Iron Age in Kondoa, Central Tanzania

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-252

  Kessy, Emanuel Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Agropastoralists; Hunter gatherers; Iron Age; Kondoa, central Tanzania; Later Stone Age

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884418160     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-013-9141-4     Document Type: Review

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