Chronology of the later stone age and food production in East Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-392

  Ambrose, Stanley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic Nuclides; East Africa; Human Evolution; Iron Age; Later Stone Age; Middle Stone Age; Neolithic; Obsidian Hydration; Paleolithic Ornaments; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; EBURRAN HUNTER-GATHERERS; FOOD PRODUCTION; MIDDLE HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON;

KENYA; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031813565     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0277     Document Type: Article

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