Ochre resources from the Middle Stone Age sequence of Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3492-3505

  Dayet, L ^a   Texier, P J ^b   Daniel, F ^a   Porraz, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Middle Stone Age; Ochre; Pigments; Processing; Provenance; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; DATABASE; MESOLITHIC; PIGMENT; PROVENANCE;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84878956091     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.025     Document Type: Article

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