African Origins
A researchers’ encounter on African Prehistory
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Archaeology Africa
Raw materials, technology and use-wear analysis of scrapers and points of the rock shelter of Benzú
Ignacio Clemente-Conte, José Ramos-Muñoz, Salvador Domínguez-Bella, Eduardo Vijande-Vila, María del Carmen Fernández Ropero. (2019). Quaternary International, Available online 7 November 2019.
Stone Age Africa
The Middle Stone Age of Nigeria in its West African Context, written by Philip Allsworth-Jones
S Wurz – Journal of African Archaeology, 2019
… The book contributes valuable perspectives on many fronts. One of its most valuable contributions is the detailed historical contextualization of the Middle Stone Age of West Africa. The discussion of the role that tin and other …