The advent of herding in the Horn of Africa: New data from Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somaliland

Quaternary International

Volumn 343, Issue , 2014, Pages 148-158

  Lesur, Joséphine ^a   Hildebrand, Elisabeth A ^b   Abawa, Gedef ^c   Gutherz, Xavier ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FOOD PRODUCTION; LIVESTOCK; PASTORALISM; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

DJIBOUTI [EAST AFRICA]; ETHIOPIA; HORN OF AFRICA; KENYA; RED SEA [SUDAN]; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SOMALIA; SUDAN; YEMEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84906793196     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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