Chronology and dynamics of Later Stone Age herders in the upper Seacow River valley, South Africa

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 842-848

  Sampson, C G ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushmen; Ceramics; Karoo; Khoekhoe; Luminescence dating; Pastoralists; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CERAMICS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PASTORALISM; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEMIARID REGION; SHEEP; STONE AGE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

NORTHERN CAPE; SEACOW VALLEY; SOUTH AFRICA;

BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77950020883     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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