Quartz knapping strategies in the Howiesons Poort at Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  De La Peña, Paloma ^a   Wadley, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DOLERITE; HORNFEL; HOWIESONS POORT; QUARTZ KNAPPING; ROCK; SAND; SOUTH AFRICA; STONE AGE; TECHNOLOGY; TOOL USE;

EID: 84904244272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101534     Document Type: Article

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