Middle and Later Stone Age large mammal and tortoise remains from Die Kelders Cave 1, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-195

  Klein, Richard G ^a   Cruz Uribe, Kathryn ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOECOLOGY; STONE AGE;

DIE KELDERS CAVE 1; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE;

ANIMALIA; CICONIIFORMES; HERPESTIDAE; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; STRIGIFORMES; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 0034012824     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0355     Document Type: Article

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