A mid-Holocene AMS 14C date for the presumed upper Pleistocene human skeleton from Peers Cave, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-434

  Stynder, Deano D ^a   Brock, Fiona ^b   Sealy, Judith C ^c   Wurz, Sarah ^a,c   Morris, Alan G ^c   Volman, Thomas P ^d  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETON;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 64749106859     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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