Duinefontein 2: An Acheulean site in the western Cape province of South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-190

  Klein, Richard G ^a   Avery, Graham ^b   Cruz Uribe, Kathryn ^c   Halkett, David ^d   Hart, Tim ^d   Milo, Richard G ^e   Volman, Thomas P ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acheulean tradition; Duinefontein 2; Hunting and scavenging; Paleolithic ecology

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; PRIMATE;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; CONNOCHAETES GNOU; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; LETHRINIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033179944     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0307     Document Type: Article

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