Middle Stone Age artefacts from the 1993 and 1995 excavations of Die Kelders Cave 1, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-168

  Thackeray, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Archaeology; Artefact; Die Kelders; Middle Stone Age

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; STONE AGE;

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

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034092972     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0354     Document Type: Article

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