Variability in the Middle Stone Age lithic sequence, 115,000-60,000 years ago at Klasies River, South Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1001-1015

  Wurz, Sarah ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Klasies River; Late Pleistocene; Middle Stone Age sub stages; Technological change

Indexed keywords

MIDDLE AGES; PLEISTOCENE;

KLASIES RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036727199     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2001.0799     Document Type: Article

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