New radiometric ages for the Fauresmith industry from Kathu Pan, southern Africa: Implications for the Earlier to Middle Stone Age transition

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-283

  Porat, Naomi ^a   Chazan, Michael ^b   Grün, Rainer ^c   Aubert, Maxime ^c   Eisenmann, Vera ^d   Horwitz, Liora Kolska ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blade production; Earlier Stone Age; ESR; Fauresmith; Kathu Pan; Later Stone Age; Middle Stone Age; OSL; Prepared core technology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOMINID; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MESOLITHIC; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

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

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 70450222300     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.038     Document Type: Article

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