Archaeology, palaeoenvironment, and chronology of the Tsodilo Hills White Paintings Rock Shelter, northwest Kalahari Desert, Botswana

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1085-1113

  Robbins, L H ^a   Murphy, M L ^a   Brook, G A ^b   Ivester, A H ^c   Campbell, A C ^d   Klein, R G ^e   Milo, R G ^f   Stewart, K M ^g   Downey, W S ^h   Stevens, N J ⁱ  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Stanford University ^*  (Botswana)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

ⁱ STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbed bone points; Fish exploitation; Kalahari; Later and Middle Stone Age; Ostrich eggshell; Palaeoenvironment; Tsodilo

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHRONOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STONE AGE;

BOTSWANA; KALAHARI DESERT;

EID: 0033668738     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2000.0597     Document Type: Article

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