Early evidence for brilliant ritualized display: Specularite use in the northern cape (South Africa) between ~500 and ~300 Ka

Current Anthropology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 287-310

  Watts, Ian ^a   Chazan, Michael ^b   Wilkins, Jayne ^c  

^a University of Toronto ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84969579631     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/686484     Document Type: Article

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