Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... stone . . . . Stones for sharpening axes . Friable stones were picked out , not hard ones like granite . It was a stone which when used for sharpening , crumbled into pieces . . . . Iziqandulo , burring stones for sharpening grindstones ...
... stone . . . . Stones for sharpening axes . Friable stones were picked out , not hard ones like granite . It was a stone which when used for sharpening , crumbled into pieces . . . . Iziqandulo , burring stones for sharpening grindstones ...
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apparently now , to a sharp - edged stone flake , or to a shaped stone tool . If it was the latter there is now no memory of it . In this survey the only stone flake seen that was used as a tool ( Pl . 59 : 4 ) was used in the 1940s by ...
apparently now , to a sharp - edged stone flake , or to a shaped stone tool . If it was the latter there is now no memory of it . In this survey the only stone flake seen that was used as a tool ( Pl . 59 : 4 ) was used in the 1940s by ...
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... stone mortars had started as a necessity and become a preference , because women found it quicker . That stone mortars are not a new idea is emphasized by the finds on old homestead sites in the Ciskei , and the opinion has been given ...
... stone mortars had started as a necessity and become a preference , because women found it quicker . That stone mortars are not a new idea is emphasized by the finds on old homestead sites in the Ciskei , and the opinion has been given ...
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