The significance of MIS 5 shell middens on the Cape coast: A lithic perspective from Klasies River and Ysterfontein 1

Quaternary International

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-69

  Wurz, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MORPHOMETRY;

CAPE COAST; CENTRAL REGION [GHANA]; GHANA; KLASIES RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84864311045     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.032     Document Type: Article

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