Tracking the influence of technological change on Middle Stone Age hunting strategies in South Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-79

  Dusseldorp, Gerrit Leendert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; STONE AGE; SUBSISTENCE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WEAPON;

SOUTH AFRICA; STILL BAY; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84864302852     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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