Strontium isotope investigation of ungulate movement patterns on the Pleistocene Paleo-Agulhas Plain of the Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 141, Issue , 2016, Pages 65-84

  Copeland, Sandi R ^a,b   Cawthra, Hayley C ^c,d   Fisher, Erich C ^d,e,f   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^g   Cowling, Richard M ^d   le Roux, Petrus J ^h   Hodgkins, Jamie ⁱ   Marean, Curtis W ^d,e  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Fossils; GIS model; Greater Cape Floristic Region; Intra tooth; Middle Stone Age; Migration; South Africa; Strontium isotopes; Ungulate paleoecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; STRONTIUM; TOOTH ENAMEL;

ARCHAEOLOGY; FOSSILS; GIS MODELING; GREATER CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; INTRA-TOOTH; MIGRATION; PALEOECOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STONE AGE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

LANDFORMS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; COASTAL PLAIN; ENAMEL; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MESOLITHIC; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; REGIONAL PATTERN; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; UNGULATE;

AGULHAS PLAIN; PINNACLE POINT; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 84962905483     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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