Approaches to Middle Stone Age landscape archaeology in tropical Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 77, Issue , 2017, Pages 64-77

  Wright, David K ^a,b   Thompson, Jessica C ^c   Schilt, Flora ^d   Cohen, Andrew S ^e   Choi, Jeong Heon ^f   Mercader, Julio ^g   Nightingale, Sheila ^h   Miller, Christopher E ^d   Mentzer, Susan M ^d,e   Walde, Dale ^g   Welling, Menno ⁱ   Gomani Chindebvu, Elizabeth ^j  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

ⁱ African Heritage Ltd   (Malawi)

^j Malawi Ministry of Health   (Malawi)

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Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Micromorphology; Middle Stone Age; Optically Stimulated Luminescence; Phytolith analysis; Site formation processes; Tropical African paleoenvironments

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARCHAEOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MESOLITHIC; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOLITH; PREHISTORIC;

KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84958259483     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.01.014     Document Type: Article

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