Shellfish gathering, marine paleoecology and modern human behavior: Perspectives from cave PP13B, Pinnacle Point, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 412-424

  Jerardino, Antonieta ^a   Marean, Curtis W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle Stone Age; Mollusks; Mossel Bay; Shell midden

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MESOLITHIC; MOLLUSC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHELLFISH;

MOSSEL BAY; PINNACLE POINT; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

HOMO SAPIENS; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77957679589     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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