Were snares and traps used in the Middle Stone Age and does it matter? A review and a case study from Sibudu, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-192

  Wadley, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

complex cognition; Middle Stone Age; Sibudu; small mammals; snares and traps

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COGNITION; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUNTING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEMORY; MESOLITHIC; MORTALITY; SMALL MAMMAL; TAXONOMY; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

KWAZULU-NATAL; SIBUDU CAVE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPHUS MONTICOLA; MAMMALIA; POTAMOCHOERUS LARVATUS;

EID: 74449088951     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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