Reassessment of botanical evidence for palaeoenvironments at florisbad, South Africa

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 182, 2005, Pages 96-102

  Scott, Louis ^a   Rossouw, Lloyd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dating; Florisbad; Palaeoenvironments; Palynology; Van Zinderen Bakker

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749184660     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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