Settlement patterns during the Earlier and Middle Stone Age around Langebaan Lagoon, Western Cape (South Africa)

Quaternary International

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-29

  Kandel, Andrew W ^a   Conard, Nicholas J ^b  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; LAND USE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; STONE AGE; SUBSISTENCE; TOOL USE;

LANGEBAAN LAGOON; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864317368     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.038     Document Type: Article

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