Radiometrically dated ostrich eggshell beads from the Middle and Later Stone Age of Magubike Rockshelter, southern Tanzania

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-122

  Miller, Jennifer Midori ^a   Willoughby, Pamela Rae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beadmaking; Earliest personal ornaments; East Africa; Jewelry; Modern human origins

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIRD; EGGSHELL; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MESOLITHIC; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

TANZANIA;

STRUTHIONIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; EGG SHELL; FOSSIL; HUMAN; JEWELRY; OSTRICH; RADIOMETRIC DATING; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY AS TOPIC; EGG SHELL; FOSSILS; HUMANS; JEWELRY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TANZANIA;

EID: 84906941148     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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