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Subsurface movements of stone artefacts and their implications for the prehistory of Central Africa

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The general and systematic character, in Central Africa, of a postsedimentary process of vertical redistribution of stone artefacts buried in a Kalahari sand mantle is strongly suggested. This invalidates the prehistoric nomenclature and chronology of this area and may have implications on the palaeoclimatological interpretation of stone-line profiles.

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Cahen, D., Moeyersons, J. Subsurface movements of stone artefacts and their implications for the prehistory of Central Africa. Nature 266, 812–815 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/266812a0

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