Coastal adaptations and the Middle Stone Age lithic assemblages from Hoedjiespunt 1 in the Western Cape, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 518-537

  Will, Manuel ^a   Parkington, John E ^b   Kandel, Andrew W ^c   Conard, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Ground ocher; Lithic technology; Marine resources; Raw material economy; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; COASTAL ZONE; EXPLOITATION; HOMINID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; MARINE RESOURCE; MESOLITHIC; SHELLFISH;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

HOMO SAPIENS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 84877662532     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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