Varsche rivier 003, a new middle stone age site in southern namaqualand, south africa

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 195, 2012, Pages 108-119

  Steele, Teresa E ^a   Mackay, Alex ^b   Orton, Jayson ^c,d   Schwortz, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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