On microlithic quartz industries at the end of the pleistocene in Central Africa: The evidence from Shum Laka (NW Cameroon)

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-24

  Cornelissen, Els ^a  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Early Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Microlithic quartz industry; Shum Laka

Indexed keywords

EID: 13244260313     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022830321377     Document Type: Article

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