Spatial patterning and site occupation at likoaeng, an open-air hunter-gatherer campsite in the lesotho highlands, Southern Africa

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-94

  Mitchell, Peter ^a   Plug, Ina ^b   Bailey, Geoff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bushmen; Hunter gatherers; Later stone age; Southern Africa; Spatial organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649117718     PISSN: 1551823X     EISSN: 15518248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ap3a.2006.16.1.81     Document Type: Article

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