Afromontane foragers of the Late Pleistocene: Site formation, chronology and occupational pulsing at Melikane Rockshelter, Lesotho

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Quaternary International

• Publication date

  2012-08-23

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.1016/J.QUAINT.2011.11.028
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