Raw material use and behavioral modernity: Howiesons Poort lithic foraging strategies

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-364

  Minichillo, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithic technology; Middle Stone Age; Modern human origins

Indexed keywords

STONE AGE;

EID: 33344472300     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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