Technological successions in the Middle Stone Age sequence of Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3376-3400

  Porraz, Guillaume ^a   Texier, Pierre Jean ^b   Archer, Will ^c,d   Piboule, Michel ^e   Rigaud, Jean Philippe ^b   Tribolo, Chantal ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomically modern humans; Howiesons Poort; Lithic technology; Middle Stone Age; Still Bay; Upper Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; MESOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA; STILL BAY; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84878956344     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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