The ethnohistory and archaeology of warfare in Northern Yoruba

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-214

  Usman, Aribidesi ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnohistory; Historical archaeology; Igbomina; Nigeria; Warfare; Yoruba

Indexed keywords

EID: 9144268752     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/1612-1651-10009     Document Type: Article

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