Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 8South African Museum, 1911 - Natual history |
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... present generation it seems almost incredible that doubt about the workmanship of these implements could have ever been entertained , because among them were the best finished examples of a Solutrian type ever found , and of which two ...
... present generation it seems almost incredible that doubt about the workmanship of these implements could have ever been entertained , because among them were the best finished examples of a Solutrian type ever found , and of which two ...
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... ment of Science . The present paper is an enlargement of the necessarily highly condensed précis I then gave of our knowledge of the question . north - western part , from probably the beginning of The Stone Ages of South Africa . 7.
... ment of Science . The present paper is an enlargement of the necessarily highly condensed précis I then gave of our knowledge of the question . north - western part , from probably the beginning of The Stone Ages of South Africa . 7.
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... presents at its thicker extremity a convex swelling corresponding to a concave cavity in the matrix or nucleus . This I may add , in passing , invariably occurs not only with flint nodules but also with all kinds of rocks used for that ...
... presents at its thicker extremity a convex swelling corresponding to a concave cavity in the matrix or nucleus . This I may add , in passing , invariably occurs not only with flint nodules but also with all kinds of rocks used for that ...
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... present state . Two years afterwards Mr. Leith published his paper , illustrated by one plate bearing the legend , " Eoliths from Pretoria . " It is not possible to attribute to the implements figured by Leith a more ancient origin than ...
... present state . Two years afterwards Mr. Leith published his paper , illustrated by one plate bearing the legend , " Eoliths from Pretoria . " It is not possible to attribute to the implements figured by Leith a more ancient origin than ...
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... present shape , our conclusion is justified . In Fig . 63 we have a split boulder , which leads to the evolution of either the axe or cleaving tool ( Fig . 66 ) or the spade - like pick ( Fig . 67 ) . Fig . 64 is that of a water - worn ...
... present shape , our conclusion is justified . In Fig . 63 we have a split boulder , which leads to the evolution of either the axe or cleaving tool ( Fig . 66 ) or the spade - like pick ( Fig . 67 ) . Fig . 64 is that of a water - worn ...
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aborigines Acheulean Africa ancient animals antiquity appear arrows artefacts Aurignacian awls Barkly West beads bouchers boulders Bush Bushman Cape Colony Cape Flats Cape Town CHAPTER Chellean chips Coldstream cave CRADOCK culture deposit diabase digging discovered dolerite edge Europe evidence examples feet figured finished flakes fragments gravel Griqua groove hafted holes Hottentots Hyæna jasper Kaffir knife-scraper kwès lithic littoral Magdalenian makers manufacture material middens mortars Mossel Bay Mousterian Mousterian type mullers Museum negroid neolithic Newman collo Nooitgedacht nuclei obtained ornaments ostrich egg-shell Paarl paintings palæoliths paring pebble pieces plainly pots pottery pounders Prieska primitive probably proved pygmies quartzite race relics remains represented resemblance Rhodesia rock rock-shelters rounded sand sand-dunes sandstone scraper-knives scrapers secondary trimming shape shells side similar Simondium skeletons skulls smooth Solutrian South African specimens steatopygia Stellenbosch stone implements Strand Looper Strandloopers surface thick traces Vaal River water-worn West