Renewed investigations into the Middle Stone Age of northern Malawi

Quaternary International

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 129-139

  Thompson, Jessica C ^a   Mackay, Alex ^b   Wright, David K ^c   Welling, Menno ^d   Greaves, Amanda ^a   Gomani Chindebvu, Elizabeth ^e   Simengwa, Davie ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d African Heritage Research and Consultancy   (Malawi)

^e Ministry of Tourism Wildlife and Culture   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; HOMINID; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MESOLITHIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

KARONGA; MALAWI;

EID: 84864307385     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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