Subsistence mosaics, forager-farmer interactions, and the transition to food production in eastern Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 489, Issue , 2018, Pages 101-120

  Crowther, Alison ^a   Prendergast, Mary E ^b   Fuller, Dorian Q ^c   Boivin, Nicole ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Archaeobotany; Bantu expansion; Iron age; Pastoralism; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTION; HUNTER-GATHERER; IRON AGE; PALEOBOTANY; PASTORALISM;

INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; DIOSCOREA ALATA;

EID: 85014067232     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.01.014     Document Type: Article

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