Announcing a Still Bay industry at Sibudu Cave, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-689

  Wadley, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lanceolate points; Middle Stone Age; South Africa; Still Bay Industry

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; FOLIATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MESOLITHIC; PRESERVATION;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SIBUDU CAVE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34248550558     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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