Discovery of Middle Pleistocene fossil and stone tool-bearing deposits at Groot Kloof, Ghaap escarpment, Northern Cape province

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 180-184

  Curnoe, Darren ^a   Herries, Andy ^a   Brink, James ^b   Hopley, Phil ^c   Van Reyneveld, Karen ^d   Henderson, Zoë ^b   Morris, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d McGregor Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ESCARPMENT; FOSSIL RECORD; KARST; PLEISTOCENE; STONE AGE; TUFA;

AFRICA; GHAAP PLATEAU; GROOT KLOOF; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WONDERWERK CAVE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33751054813     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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