Pixe and residues: Examples from Sterkfontein and Sibudu, South Africa

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 185, 2007, Pages 71-73

  Langejans, Geeske H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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