Painted slabs from Steenbokfontein Cave: The oldest known parietal art in Southern Africa

Current Anthropology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 542-548

  Jerardino, Antonieta ^a   Swanepoel, Natalie ^a  

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EID: 0039321540     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991386     Document Type: Article

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