Border cave revisited: A revised ESR chronology

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 467-482

  Grün, Rainer ^a   Beaumont, Peter ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b McGregor Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BC1 to BC8; Border cave; ESR dating; Howieson's poort; LSA; MSA

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DATING METHOD; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; SEDIMENTATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034946915     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2001.0471     Document Type: Article

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