Taphonomic analysis of the Middle Stone Age faunal assemblage from Pinnacle Point Cave 13B, Western Cape, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 321-339

  Thompson, Jessica C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Taphonomy; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; MARINE MAMMAL; MESOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; SMALL MAMMAL; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; UNGULATE; ZOOLOGY;

PINNACLE POINT; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

MAMMALIA; RAPTORES; TESTUDINIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 77957662950     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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