African Origins
A researchers’ encounter on African Prehistory
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Latest publications
Archaeology Africa
M Lombard – Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2020
… Testing for poisoned arrows in the Middle Stone Age: A tip cross-sectional analysis of backed microliths from southern Africa … Abstract. Recent work indicated the possibility of hunting with poisoned bone arrowheads more …
E Michaela, D Kelley, S Hiromitsu – Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group), 2020
… 24. Chazan, M. et al. Archaeology, paleoenvironment and chronology of the early middle stone age component of Wonderwerk cave in the interior of southern Africa. J. Palaeolithic Archaeol. https ://doi.org/10.1007/s4198 2-020-00051 -8 (2020). 25 …
Lithic industry Africa
Quaternary International, Available online 10 October 2020.
Quaternary International, Available online 13 October 2020.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Article Number 110074, Available online 9 October 2020.