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Also plotted are the positions of blocks with charcoal used for radiocarbon dating . The sherds form a narrow , well - defined band within the shelter , and matching sherds display only minor vertical distribution within the band .
Also plotted are the positions of blocks with charcoal used for radiocarbon dating . The sherds form a narrow , well - defined band within the shelter , and matching sherds display only minor vertical distribution within the band .
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That the deposit in this immediate area was churned is verified by a contaminated , near - modern radiocarbon date ( SMU - 1639 ) on charcoal taken from several blocks at the top of the Khoi horizon . Otherwise , the horizon itself has ...
That the deposit in this immediate area was churned is verified by a contaminated , near - modern radiocarbon date ( SMU - 1639 ) on charcoal taken from several blocks at the top of the Khoi horizon . Otherwise , the horizon itself has ...
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Conventional radiocarbon dating of charcoal from a contiguous block suggests that the earliest specimen is 500600 years old , but another charcoal sample from the same level at the front of the shelter is c . 1200 years old .
Conventional radiocarbon dating of charcoal from a contiguous block suggests that the earliest specimen is 500600 years old , but another charcoal sample from the same level at the front of the shelter is c . 1200 years old .
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| Title | Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum Volume 104, Issue 3 of Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum |
| Author | South African Museum |
| Publisher | West, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2016 |
| ISBN | 0868131555, 9780868131559 |
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