Human history written in stone and blood

American Scientist

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-309

  Jacobs, Zenobia ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CLIFF; FOSSIL RECORD; SANDSTONE; SYMBOLISM;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 72749115983     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2009.79.302     Document Type: Article

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