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An ivory cache from Botswana
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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.
Title: An ivory cache from Botswana
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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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