Paleoenvironment and archaeology of Drotsky's Cave: Western Kalahari Desert, Botswana

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-22

  Robbins, L H ^a   Murphy, M L ^a   Stevens, N J ^b   Brook, G A ^c   Ivester, A H ^c   Haberyan, K A ^d   Klein, R G ^e   Milo, R ^f   Stewart, K M ^g   Matthiesen, D G ^h   Winkler, A J ⁱ  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^h University of Florida ^*  (United States)

ⁱ SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drotsky's Cave; Kalahari desert; Southern African prehistory; Terminal Pleistocene Holocene climate change

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE (LATE); STONE AGE;

BOTSWANA, KALAHARI DESERT, DROTSKY'S CAVE;

EID: 0029751365     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0002     Document Type: Article

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