Geochemical and mineralogic characterization of middle stone age tools of laetoli, Tanzania, and comparisons with possible source materials

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048199556, 2011, Pages 143-165

  Adelsberger, Katherine A ^a   Wirth, Karl R ^b   Mabulla, Audax Z P ^c   Bowman, Daniel C ^b  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Archaic homo sapiens; Basalt; Geochemical fingerprinting; Middle stone age; Provenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919718972     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9956-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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