Behavioural and taphonomic patterning at Katanda 9: A middle Stone Age site, Kivu Province, Zaire

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 915-932

  Yellen, John E ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Middle Stone Age; Palaeolithic Archaeology; Taphonomy; Zaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000486484     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0086     Document Type: Article

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