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An ivory cache from Botswana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Andrew Reid  and
Alinah K. Segobye
Andrew Reid
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, England a.reid@ucl.ac.uk
Alinah K. Segobye
Affiliation:
Department of History, University of Botswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana
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Abstract

Research at Mosu I. northern Botswana, has discovered a 10th-century AD ivory cache. Although small, this is one of the largest single concentrations of ivory recovered from southern Africa. Consideration of other occurrences suggests that ivory was prepared throughout the area and traded as finished bangles.

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IvorytradeSowa PanSouthern AfricaIndian Ocean

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 284 , June 2000 , pp. 326 - 331
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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