Thinking through the Middle Stone Age of sub-Saharan Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-155

  Lombard, Marlize ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MATERIAL CULTURE; MESOLITHIC; TOOL USE;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84864320123     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.033     Document Type: Article

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