The burden of tribalism: The social context of southern African Iron Age studies

American Antiquity

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1984, Pages 455-467

  Hall, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84950665106     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/280354     Document Type: Review

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