Middle and Later Stone Age shellfish exploitation strategies and coastal foraging at Hoedjiespunt and Lynch Point, Saldanha Bay, SouthAfrica

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 197-206

  Kyriacou, K ^a   Parkington, J E ^a   Will, M ^b,c   Kandel, A W ^c   Conard, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomically modern humans; Coastal adaptations; Intertidal shellfish; Later Stone Age; Limpet and mussel size; Middle Stone Age

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTIFACT; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; EXPLOITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUNTER-GATHERER; SHELLFISH; SNAIL; STONE AGE;

SALDANHA BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

CHOROMYTILUS MERIDIONALIS; CYMBULA GRANATINA; MUSCULUS NIGER; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 84924590315     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.01.018     Document Type: Article

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