Implications of the marked artifacts of the Middle Stone Age of Africa

Current Anthropology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 675-681

  Cain, Chester R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 33748550305     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506287     Document Type: Article

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