Intersections, Networks and the Genesis of Social Complexity on the Nyali Coast of East Africa

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 427-453

  Shipton, C ^a   Helm, R ^b   Boivin, N ^c   Crowther, A ^c   Austin, P ^c,d   Fuller, D Q ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Foragers; Indian Ocean; Iron Age; Swahili; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890879544     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-013-9140-5     Document Type: Article

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