The Early to Middle Stone Age Transition and the emergence of modern human behaviour at site 8-B-11 Sai Island, Sudan

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-193

  Van Peer, P ^a   Fullagar, R ^b   Stokes, S ^c   Bailey, R M ^c   Moeyersons, J ^d   Steenhoudt, F ^a   Geerts, A ^a   Vanderbeken, T ^a   De Dapper, M ^e   Geus, F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Early stone age; Middle pleistocene; Middle stone age; Modern behavior; Nile valley; Pigments; Sangoan; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PIGMENT; PLEISTOCENE; STONE AGE;

SAI ISLAND; SUDAN;

EID: 10744223316     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(03)00103-9     Document Type: Article

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