Recent research into oldowan hominin activities at Kanjera South, Western Kenya

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 31-40

  Bishop, L C ^a   Plummer, T W ^b   Ferraro, J V ^c   Braun, D ^d   Ditchfield, P W ^e   Hertel, F ^f   Kingston, J D ^g   Hicks, J ^h   Potts, R ^i,j  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Rutgers University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^j INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

Early Stone Age; Hominin behaviour; Kenya; Oldowan; Palaeoenvironments; Plio pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750711770     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-006-9006-1     Document Type: Article

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