Technological trends in the middle stone age of South Africa between MIS 7 and MIS 3

Current Anthropology

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL8., 2013, Pages

  Wurz, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1086/673283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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