Long bone robusticity and subsistence behaviour among Later Stone Age foragers of the forest and fynbos biomes of South Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 999-1013

  Stock, J T ^a   Pfeiffer, S K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Behavioural ecology; Biomechanics; Cross sectional geometry; Habitual activity; Hunter gatherers

Indexed keywords

STONE AGE;

EID: 3042781251     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.12.012     Document Type: Article

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