Preliminary results of excavations at Spitzkloof Rockshelter, Richtersveld, South Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-39

  Dewar, Genevieve ^a   Stewart, Brian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXCAVATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GYPSUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; STONE AGE; SUBSISTENCE;

NAMAQUALAND; NORTHERN CAPE; RICHTERSVELD; SOUTH AFRICA;

STYLOMMATOPHORA; TRIGONEPHRUS;

EID: 84864320442     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.04.046     Document Type: Article

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