Historical archaeology in africa: Noble claims, revisionist perspectives, and african voices?

The Journal of African History

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-319

  Schmidt, Peter R ^a   Walz, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; historiography; method

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008530798     PISSN: 00218537     EISSN: 14695138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021853705000484     Document Type: Article

References (12)

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