Cultural change or continuity in the late MSA/Early LSA of southeastern Ethiopia? The site of Goda Buticha, Dire Dawa area

Quaternary International

Volumn 343, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-135

  Pleurdeau, David ^a   Hovers, Erella ^b   Assefa, Zelalem ^c   Asrat, Asfawossen ^d   Pearson, Osbjorn ^e   Bahain, Jean Jacques ^a   Lam, Yin Man ^f  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c National Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern Africa; Microliths; MSA LSA transition; Southeastern Ethiopia; Upper Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CAVE SYSTEM; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; SPELEOTHEM;

DIRE DAWA; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84906792368     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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