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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
An early date for cattle from Namaqualand, South Africa: Implications for the origins of herding in southern Africa
Antiquity, Volume 87, No. 335, Year 2013
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Description
When did cattle come to South Africa? Radiocarbon dates on a newly found cow horn indicates a time in the early first millennium AD. In a study of the likely context for the advent of cattle herding, the authors favour immigrants moving along a western route through Namibia. © Antiquity Publications Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Orton, Jayson
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Mitchell, Peter J.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Klein, Richard G.
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
Steele, Teresa E.
United States, Davis
University of California, Davis
Horsburgh, K. Ann
New Zealand, Dunedin
University of Otago
Statistics
Citations: 63
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S0003598X00048651
ISSN:
0003598X
Study Locations
Namibia
South Africa