Linguistic evidence for the development of yam and palm culture among the Delta Cross peoples of Southeastern Nigeria

Archaeology and Language II: Correlating Archaeological and Linguistic Hypotheses

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 324-365

  Connell, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203202913     Document Type: Chapter

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