Tortoise remains from a later Stone Age rock shelter in the Upper Karoo, South Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 985-1000

  Sampson, C Garth ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CHELONIA; GEOCHELONE PARDALIS; HOMOPUS;

EID: 0032194208     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0282     Document Type: Article

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