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Holocene later stone age hunter-gatherers south of the Limpopo River, Ca. 10,000-2000 B.P

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ID20186360
AuthorsPeter Mitchell (0000-0002-3112-3578, Pitt Rivers Museum, corresponding author), Peter J Mitchell
Year1997
Volume11
Issue4
Pages359-424
Publication date1997-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of World Prehistory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0892-7537 • E-ISSN: 1573-7802
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/bf02220555
OpenAlexW1982867223
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited205

Archaeological record · Archaeology · Cape · Ethnography · Geography · Holocene · Hunter-gatherer · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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