Ochre in the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa: Ritualised Display or Hide Preservative?

2002/06/01 by Ian Watts · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and Rock Art Studies #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

paper · doi:10.2307/3889102

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