Site formation at Kudu Koppie: A late Earlier and Middle Stone Age site in northern Limpopo Province, South Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 151-161

  Pollarolo, L ^a   Wilkins, J ^b   Kuman, K ^a   Galletti, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c APEMA (A Paleontological Eye on Mediterranean Area) Research and Educational Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; LITHOLOGY; PRESERVATION; STONE AGE; TOOL USE;

LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA;

GALIUM APARINE;

EID: 77949489083     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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