Zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the Die Kelders Cave 1 Layers 10 and 11 Middle Stone Age larger mammal fauna

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 197-233

  Marean, Curtis W ^a   Abe, Yoshiko ^a   Frey, Carol J ^b   Randall, Robert C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle Stone Age; South Africa; Taphonomy; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

STONE AGE; TAPHONOMY;

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

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX;

EID: 0034052350     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0356     Document Type: Article

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