Diet, Body Size, and Landscape Use among Holocene People in the Southern Cape, South Africa

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Previous articleNext article No AccessReportsDiet, Body Size, and Landscape Use among Holocene People in the Southern Cape, South Africa1Judith Sealy and Susan PfeifferJudith SealyDepartment of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa/Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 100 George St., Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3G3 ([email protected]). 27 viii 99 Search for more articles by this author and Susan PfeifferDepartment of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa/Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 100 George St., Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3G3 ([email protected]). 27 viii 99 Search for more articles by this author Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa/Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 100 George St., Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3G3 ([email protected]). 27 viii 99PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 41, Number 4August/October 2000 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/317392 Views: 313Total views on this site Citations: 62Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Susan Pfeiffer Southern African foragers: Life histories of past communities, (Jan 2022): 145–159.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823880-6.00011-2Michelle E. 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