Using Pyrotechnology: Fire-related Features and Activities with a Focus on the African Middle Stone Age

Journal of Archaeological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-175

  Bentsen, Silje Evjenth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hearths; Middle Stone Age; Pyrotechnology; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; COMBUSTION; FIRE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MESOLITHIC;

KENYA; KOOBI FORA; RIFT VALLEY; SOUTHERN AFRICA; TURKANA;

EID: 84898483394     PISSN: 10590161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10814-013-9069-x     Document Type: Article

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