Some combustion features at Sibudu, South Africa, between 65,000 and 58,000 years ago

Quaternary International

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 341-349

  Wadley, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; COMBUSTION; FIRE HISTORY; MATERIAL CULTURE;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SIBUDU CAVE; SOUTH AFRICA;

FRAXINUS AMERICANA;

EID: 84655170135     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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