Nature and significance of the Howiesons Poort to post-Howiesons Poort transition at Klein Kliphuis rockshelter, South Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1430-1440

  Mackay, Alex ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographic change; Howiesons Poort; Late Pleistocene; Lithic technology; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 79956124367     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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