The pigments from Pinnacle Point Cave 13B, Western Cape, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 392-411

  Watts, Ian ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Color selection; Middle Stone Age; Pigments; Red ochre

Indexed keywords

COLOR; MESOLITHIC; PIGMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

PINNACLE POINT; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 77957685892     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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