Reassessment of selected Middle Stone Age artefacts from Rhino Cave and from white paintings rock shelter, Tsodilo hills, Botswana

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 185, 2007, Pages 19-30

  Phillipson, Laurel ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lithic analysis; Lithics; Middle stone age; Rhino cave; White paintings rock shelter

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949122593     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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