Technological, elemental and colorimetric analysis of an engraved ochre fragment from the Middle Stone Age levels of Klasies River Cave 1, South Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 942-952

  D'Errico, Francesco ^a,b   García Moreno, Renata ^a   Rifkin, Riaan F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Engraving; Microscopy; Palaeolithic; Pigment; Symbolism

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETRY; ICONOGRAPHY; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MATERIAL CULTURE; MESOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PEBBLE; SYMBOLISM; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84856403894     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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