Terminal Pleistocene Later Stone Age Human Remains from the Mlambalasi Rock Shelter, Iringa Region, Southern Tanzania

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 593-607

  Sawchuk, Elizabeth A ^a   Willoughby, Pamela R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Hunter gatherer; Iringa; Later Stone Age; Mlambalasi; Palaeoanthropology; Small body size; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944174134     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.2323     Document Type: Article

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