Mid-Pleistocene Hominin occupation at Elandsfontein, Western Cape, South Africa

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 145-166

  Braun, David R ^a,b   Levin, Naomi E ^c   Stynder, Deano ^a   Herries, Andy I R ^d   Archer, Will ^e   Forrest, Frances ^f   Roberts, David L ^g   Bishop, Laura C ^h   Matthews, Thalassa ⁱ   Lehmann, Sophie B ^c   Pickering, Robyn ^j   Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^h LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Acheulean; Archaeology; Paleoanthropology; Paleoenvironments; Pleistocene; South Africa

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; RAIN;

ACHEULEAN; ARCHAEOLOGY; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; PLEISTOCENE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATIC REGION; DUNE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HOMINID; LAND SURFACE; LATITUDE; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84887331982     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.027     Document Type: Article

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