Diversification, Intensification and Specialization: Changing Land Use in Western Africa from 1800 BC to AD 1500
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of World Prehistory
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0892-7537,1573-7802
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-019-09131-2