Violent human death in the past: A case from the Western Cape

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 137-140

  Pfeiffer, S ^a   Van Der Merwe, N J ^c   Parkington, J E ^c   Yates, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c NONE

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