The bees are our sheep: The role of honey and fat in the transition to livestock keeping during the last two thousand years in southernmost Africa

Azania

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 318-342

  Russell, Thembi ^a   Lander, Faye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

bees; fat tailed sheep; honey; livestock keeping; Rock art; traditional beekeeping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943816144     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2015.1051793     Document Type: Article

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