Primordialism and the 'Pleistocene San' of southern Africa

Antiquity

Volumn 90, Issue 352, 2016, Pages 1072-1079

  Pargeter, Justin ^a,b   Mackay, Alex ^c   Mitchell, Peter ^d,e   Shea, John ^a   Stewart, Brian A ^d,f  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84978946306     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2016.100     Document Type: Review

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