Blade and bladelet function and variability in risk management during the last 2000 years in the northern cape

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 187, 2008, Pages 18-27

  Lombard, Marlize ^a   Parsons, Isabelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Cambridge Archaeological Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doorn fontein; Hunter gatherers; Hunting; Jagt pan 7; Melkboom 1; Microlithic technologies; Stock keepers; Swartkop

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949265929     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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