A reworked mid-Holocene lithic assemblage at Dunefield Midden 1, Elands Bay, South Africa

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 183, 2006, Pages 90-95

  Orton, Jayson ^a   Compton, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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