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Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa: Preliminary Report on the 1992–1999 Excavations of the Middle Stone Age Levels

Henshilwood, C.S., Sealy, J.C., Yates, R., Cruz-Uribe, K., Goldberg, P., Grine, F.E., Klein, R.G., Poggenpoel, C., van Niekerk, K., Watts, I.·2001·Journal of Archaeological Science
DOI 10.1006/jasc.2000.0638
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Authors
Henshilwood, C. S., Sealy, J. C., Yates, R., Cruz-Uribe, K., Goldberg, P., Grine, F. E., Klein, R. G., Poggenpoel, C., van Niekerk, K., & Watts, I.
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Journal of Archaeological Science
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2001-04
Volume
28
Issue
4
Pages
421-448
ISSN
0305-4403 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1006/jasc.2000.0638
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Language
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Henshilwood, C. S., Sealy, J. C., Yates, R., Cruz-Uribe, K., Goldberg, P., Grine, F. E., Klein, R. G., Poggenpoel, C., van Niekerk, K., & Watts, I. (2001). Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa: Preliminary Report on the 1992–1999 Excavations of the Middle Stone Age Levels. Journal of Archaeological Science. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2000.0638

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