Kathu Townlands: A high density earlier stone age locality in the interior of South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Walker, Steven J H ^a   Lukich, Vasa ^b   Chazan, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; KATHU TOWNLAND; LAND BIOME; SOUTH AFRICA; STONE AGE; STONE ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84904809417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103436     Document Type: Article

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