Late Pleistocene and Holocene hunter-gatherers in the Eastern Highlands of South Africa and Lesotho: A faunal interpretation

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 715-727

  Plug, Ina ^a  

^a Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Faunal analysis; Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Later stone age; South Africa

Indexed keywords

FAUNAL ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL STUDY; HOLOCENE; HUNTER-GATHERERS; PLEISTOCENE;

LESOTHO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031467194     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0153     Document Type: Article

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