Identifying regional variability in Middle Stone Age bone technology: The case of Sibudu Cave

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2479-2495

  d'Errico, Francesco ^a,b   Backwell, Lucinda R ^c   Wadley, Lyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bone tools; Howiesons Poort; Microscopy; Pi ces esquill es; Pressure flaking; Still Bay; Wedges

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; CULTURAL HISTORY; MATERIAL CULTURE; MESOLITHIC; TOOL USE;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SIBUDU CAVE; SOUTH AFRICA; STILL BAY; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84860887627     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.040     Document Type: Article

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