Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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backed arc of segments but not their opposing chord , having instead a convex retouched edge like that of scrapers . The fact that convex scrapers , segments , and backed scrapers all occur in the same assemblages suggests functional ...
backed arc of segments but not their opposing chord , having instead a convex retouched edge like that of scrapers . The fact that convex scrapers , segments , and backed scrapers all occur in the same assemblages suggests functional ...
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... backed scrapers . In the BNK 1 sample backed scrapers outnumber backed flakes by about 2 : 1 and there is a lack of intermediate forms - heavily utilized backed flakes - that would be expected if Sampson's suggestion were correct ...
... backed scrapers . In the BNK 1 sample backed scrapers outnumber backed flakes by about 2 : 1 and there is a lack of intermediate forms - heavily utilized backed flakes - that would be expected if Sampson's suggestion were correct ...
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... backed flakes are in layers 9–1 . There are only 21 backed flakes in the Wilton stone artefact inventory ( J. Deacon 1972 , table 1 ) . Their maximum occurrence is in layers 3F and 3E , which may be approximately coeval with BNK 1 ...
... backed flakes are in layers 9–1 . There are only 21 backed flakes in the Wilton stone artefact inventory ( J. Deacon 1972 , table 1 ) . Their maximum occurrence is in layers 3F and 3E , which may be approximately coeval with BNK 1 ...
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Pigments and paints worldwide | 10 |
Theories and experiments regarding southern African rock paintings | 25 |
Pigments and paints of the historical Hottentots | 68 |
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animal fat Berseba blades Bleek blood BNK 1 layer BNK 1 sample body bone Botswana bovids brown buchu burial Bushmen camel-thorn Cape Town cent charcoal clay colour comm cosmetic deposits distal Dornan dung Engelbrecht 1936 excavated faces flakes frequencies G/wi gemsbok Gibeon grease groups H. J. Deacon haematite Hahn hair Hoernlé honey Hottentots indicate initiate Kalahari Kelders Khoisan Kora Kung layer 12 layer 9 medium mentioned mixed with fat Nama Namaqua Nelson Bay Cave Orange River ostrich ostrich egg-shell oxides Patella patterns Péringuey pieces powder quartz quartzite Raphicerus Raven-Hart red ochre references retouched artefact Riebeeck ritual Robberg rock paintings rubbed Rudner & Rudner Schapera scrapers segments shell silcrete skin smeared Smithfield soot Soromas South African Museum South West Africa species specularite suggested Table tortoise-shell urine utilization washed Wikar Wilton women wood yellow