A Middle Stone Age Paleoscape near the Pinnacle Point caves, Vleesbaai, South Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 350, Issue , 2014, Pages 147-168

  Oestmo, Simen ^a   Schoville, Benjamin J ^a   Wilkins, Jayne ^a   Marean, Curtis W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Fabric analysis; Hunter gatherer landscape use; Middle Stone Age; Modern human origins; Open air archaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; HUNTER-GATHERER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MESOLITHIC; PALEOSOL; QUARTZITE; TOOL USE;

PINNACLE POINT; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84909582840     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.07.043     Document Type: Article

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