Seasonal scheduling of shellfish collection in the Middle and Later Stone Ages of southern Africa
This study assesses the seasonal scheduling of shellfish harvesting among hunter-gatherer populations along the southernmost coast of South Africa, based on a large number of serial oxygen isotope analyses of marine mollusk shells from four archaeological sites. The south coast of South Africa boast...
Main Authors: | Loftus, E, Lee-Thorp, J, Leng, M, Marean, C, Sealy, J |
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Format: | Journal article |
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Elsevier
2019
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