An investigation of the frequency of squatting facets in later stone age foragers from South Africa

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 371-376

  Dlamini, N ^a   Morris, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Later Stone Age foragers; Squatting facets

Indexed keywords

EID: 27244454033     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.791     Document Type: Article

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