An Acheulean handaxe from Gladysvale Cave site, Gauteng, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 103-105

  Hall, Grant ^a   Pickering, Robyn ^a,c   Lacruz, Rodrigo ^a   Hancox, John ^a   Berger, Lee R ^a   Schmid, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BRECCIA; CAVE; CAVE DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748448287     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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