Luminescence dating of sediment samples from White Paintings Rockshelter, Botswana

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3-5, 1997, Pages 321-331

  Feathers, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BLEACHING; CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; LUMINESCENCE DATING; ROCK SHELTER; STONE AGE;

BOTSWANA, TSODILO HILLS, MALE HILL, WHITE PAINTINGS ROCKSHELTER;

EID: 0030620039     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00083-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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