Hunting and Hunting Technologies as Proxy for Teaching and Learning during the Stone Age of Southern Africa

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 877-887

  Lombard, Marlize ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84944387858     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774315000219     Document Type: Article

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