The Hargeisan revisited: Lithic industries from shelter 7 of Laas Geel, Somaliland and the transition between the Middle and Late Stone Age in the Horn of Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 343, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-84

  Gutherz, Xavier ^a   Diaz, Amélie ^a   Ménard, Clément ^b   Bon, François ^b,c   Douze, Katja ^c,d   Léa, Vanessa ^b   Lesur, Joséphine ^e   Sordoillet, Dominique ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b Maison de la Recherche   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f University of Franche Comté   (France)

Author keywords

Hargeisan; Horn of Africa; Late Stone Age; Lithic technology; Middle Stone Age; Somaliland Wilton

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MESOLITHIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SHELTER;

HORN OF AFRICA;

EID: 84906792877     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.04.038     Document Type: Article

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