Potentially stylistic differences between backed artefacts from two nearby sites occupied ∼60,000 years before present in South Africa

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-245

  Mackay, Alex ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backed artifacts; Howiesons poort; Late pleistocene; Southern africa; Style; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955013401     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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