Dating, paleoenvironments, and archaeology: A progress report on the sunnyside 1 site, clarens, South Africa

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-149

  Henderson, Zoë ^a   Scott, Louis ^b   Rossouw, Lloyd ^a   Jacobs, Zenobia ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Middle Stone Age; Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Paleoenvironments; Phytoliths; Pollen

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955024399     PISSN: 1551823X     EISSN: 15518248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ap3a.2006.16.1.139     Document Type: Article

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