Interpreting human behavior from depositional rates and combustion features through the study of sedimentary microfacies at site Pinnacle Point 5-6, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-21

  Karkanas, Panagiotis ^a,b   Brown, Kyle S ^c   Fisher, Erich C ^d   Jacobs, Zenobia ^e   Marean, Curtis W ^c,f  

^a Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

^b American School of Classical Studies   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Formation processes; Micromorphology; Middle Stone Age; Occupational intensity

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MESOLITHIC; MICROFACIES; MICROMORPHOLOGY;

MOSSEL BAY; PINNACLE POINT; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ARCHEOLOGY; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TECHNOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BEHAVIOR; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; SOUTH AFRICA; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84961290848     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.04.006     Document Type: Article

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