Mining the archives: A pottery sequence for Borno, Nigeria

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-76

  Connah, Graham ^a   Daniels, S G H ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borno; Nigeria; Pottery sequence; Spatial distribution; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 9144267554     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/1612-1651-10002     Document Type: Article

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