Another Dating Revolution for Prehistoric Archaeology?

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-60

  Cochrane, Grant W G ^a,b   Doelman, Trudy ^b   Wadley, Lyn ^c  

^a Cutting Edge Archaeology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Howiesons Poort; OSL dating; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873523301     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-011-9125-0     Document Type: Article

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