The Middle and Later Stone Age faunal remains from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3453-3462

  Steele, Teresa E ^a   Klein, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faunal analysis; Later Stone Age; Middle Stone Age; Modern human origins; Stone Age ecology; Western Cape, South Africa

Indexed keywords

BONE; COPROLITE; DOLPHIN; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GRASS; GRAZING; MAMMAL; MESOLITHIC; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SKELETAL REMAINS; STONE AGE; VEGETATION HISTORY; WADER;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ARCTOCEPHALUS PUSILLUS PUSILLUS; AVES; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; MUSCULUS NIGER; OVIS ARIES; PATELLIDAE; POACEAE; RAPTORES; SERPENTES; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TESTUDINIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 84879002020     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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