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Rock art and Natal Drakensberg hunter–gatherer history: a reply to Dowson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Aron D. Mazel
Aron D. Mazel*
Affiliation:
Natal Museum, Private Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg 3200, South Africa
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A further contribution on art, history and archaeological attitude in South Africa.

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Antiquity , Volume 67 , Issue 257 , December 1993 , pp. 889 - 892
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1993

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