Identification of the sedge Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense and its possible use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal

Southern African Humanities

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-86

  Sievers, Christine ^a   Muthama Muasya, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bedding; Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense; Cyperaceae; Fuel; Kindling; Middle Stone Age; Sibudu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860871196     PISSN: 16815564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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