South African palaeoenvironments during marine oxygen isotope stage 4: a context for the Howiesons Poort and Still Bay industries

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1359-1366

  Chase, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Howiesons Poort; Marine oxygen isotope stage 4; Modern human behaviour; Palaeoenvironment; Southern Africa; Still bay

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

SOUTH AFRICA; STILL BAY; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 77950023601     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.12.040     Document Type: Article

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