Coastal South Africa and the Coevolution of the Modern Human Lineage and the Coastal Adaptation

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 421-440

  Marean, Curtis W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neap Tide; Optically Stimulate Luminescence; Residential Site; South Coast; Spring Tide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954314138     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8219-3_18     Document Type: Chapter

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