Bone breccias, bone dumps, and sedimentary sequences of the western Limeworks, Makapansgat, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 388-400

  Latham, A G ^a   McKee, J K ^b   Tobias, P V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Cave infilling; Chronology; Grey Breccia; Makapansgat; Provenancing

Indexed keywords

BONE; BRECCIA; CAVE; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; DOLOMITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SPELEOTHEM;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; MAKAPANSGAT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS;

EID: 33947391367     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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