Political economic mosaics: Archaeology of the last two millennia in tropical sub-Saharan Africa

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2004, Pages 145-172

  Stahl, Ann Brower ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Iron Age; Political economy; Regional interaction; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; IRON AGE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 9144269714     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143841     Document Type: Article

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