Pleistocene Palaeoart of Africa
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Earlier Stone Age (ESA) and Lower Palaeolithic
3. Early Middle Stone Age (EMSA)
4. Middle Stone Age (MSA)
5. Later Stone Age (LSA)
6. Discussion
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