Beyond the Coastalscapes: Preindustrial Social and Political Networks in East Africa

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 399-426

  Kusimba, Chapurukha M ^a   Kusimba, Sibel B ^b   Dussubieux, Laure ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coast hinterland; Indian Ocean; Networks; Swahili; Tsavo; Urbanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890865753     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-013-9133-4     Document Type: Article

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