Late hunters of western Ethiopia: The sites of Ajilak (Gambela), c. AD 1000-1200

Azania

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-101

  González Ruibal, Alfredo ^a   Marín Suárez, Carlos ^a   Sánchez Elipe, Manuel ^b   Lesur, Joséphine ^c   Martínez Barrio, Candela ^a  

^a San Roque 2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Huntergatherers; Low level food production; Nilo Saharans; South Sudan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897800986     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2013.866843     Document Type: Article

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