Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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... burial . It would seem that this grave had been disturbed by someone ( Mr Fourie ? ) , who took the skull and back - filled the hole with rocks . The post - cranial skeleton ... Burial 6. Scale in 1. HUMAN BURIALS FROM BYNESKRANSKOP 213.
... burial . It would seem that this grave had been disturbed by someone ( Mr Fourie ? ) , who took the skull and back - filled the hole with rocks . The post - cranial skeleton ... Burial 6. Scale in 1. HUMAN BURIALS FROM BYNESKRANSKOP 213.
Page 214
... Burial 5 was located in square M5 , some 75-90 cm from the surface . The skull was missing and what vertebrae and ribs remained articulated had slumped some 15-20 cm below the pelvis . As indicated in the following section , fragments ...
... Burial 5 was located in square M5 , some 75-90 cm from the surface . The skull was missing and what vertebrae and ribs remained articulated had slumped some 15-20 cm below the pelvis . As indicated in the following section , fragments ...
Page 215
... burial , and the presence of similar material in the part of the deposit not related to the burials suggests that the association was fortuitous . J. Lanham ( 1980 pers . comm . ) , who excavated the burial , is of the opinion that the ...
... burial , and the presence of similar material in the part of the deposit not related to the burials suggests that the association was fortuitous . J. Lanham ( 1980 pers . comm . ) , who excavated the burial , is of the opinion that the ...
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absent absent adzes Albany archaeol artefacts backed flakes backed scrapers blade cores BNK 1 layer BNK 1 sample bone Boomplaas bovids Bredasdorp Buffelskloof Burial Byneskranskop Calcaneum Cape Town capensis cent cm Fig coastal plain common in layers cranial Damaliscus Deacon distal Donax serra Elands Bay Elands Bay Cave ERSITY excavated volume fauna fish fragments fynbos Goodwin granatina H. J. Deacon Holocene increase indicated individuals Kelders Klein large medium layer 12 layer 9 layer total lower layers Mandible marine shell mean length Melkhoutboom Nelson Bay Cave Nguni notch Oakhurst Oreotragus Parkington Patella phase post-cranial skeleton present proximal quartz quartzite radiocarbon dates range Raphicerus raw material relatively remains retouched artefact category Robberg SAN DIEGO Schweitzer 1979 scrapers segments sequence shellfish sherds Sideroxylon inerme silcrete skull small medium Smithfield South African Museum stone artefacts sub-unit suggests surface tibia UNIV unmodified upper layers utilization vertebrae Wilton