Postural behaviour of later stone age people in South Africa

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 180, 2004, Pages 52-58

  Dewar, Genevieve ^a   Pfeiffer, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Holocene; Hunter gatherers; Khoesan; Pastoralists; Squatting facets; Talus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748546819     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3889243     Document Type: Article

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