Research:2005-05-01/Journal article/antiquity-of-the-smoking-habit-in-africa

Research record1 May 2005Journal article

Antiquity of the smoking habit in Africa

Nikolaas J. van der Merwe

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa · 2005

Argues that the smoking habit in Africa predates tobacco, citing dated pipe finds including cannabis residue at Lalibela Cave, Ethiopia, around 1320 CE. The East-African comparandum for early southern-African smoking.

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Published1 May 2005

TypeJournal article

VenueTransactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Year2005

DOI10.1080/00359190509520494

CountrySouth Africa

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2005-05-01 2026-07-03 Antiquity of the smoking habit in Africa Journal article History Nikolaas J. van der Merwe Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 2005 10.1080/00359190509520494 https://doi.org/10.1080/00359190509520494 Argues that the smoking habit in Africa predates tobacco, citing dated pipe finds including cannabis residue at Lalibela Cave, Ethiopia, around 1320 CE. The East-African comparandum for early southern-African smoking. South Africa