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Page 132
... Wilton ' layers but this does not reach the frequencies of the ' Robberg ' layers . Fre- quencies of silcrete are low in all layers although in layer YSL it is marginally ( 1,1 % ) more common than quartzite . Quartzite predominates ...
... Wilton ' layers but this does not reach the frequencies of the ' Robberg ' layers . Fre- quencies of silcrete are low in all layers although in layer YSL it is marginally ( 1,1 % ) more common than quartzite . Quartzite predominates ...
Page 134
... Wilton ' studied by Deacon ) . In the Melkhoutboom sample ( H. J. Deacon 1976 , table 9 ) ' retouched flakes ' are most common in the W and M units of the ' Wilton ' , numerically as well as on an AD basis . ' Trimmed flakes ' were ...
... Wilton ' studied by Deacon ) . In the Melkhoutboom sample ( H. J. Deacon 1976 , table 9 ) ' retouched flakes ' are most common in the W and M units of the ' Wilton ' , numerically as well as on an AD basis . ' Trimmed flakes ' were ...
Page 141
... Wilton ' than that part of the Nelson Bay Cave sequence studied by Deacon , and although the mode for the length of the scrapers from layer 9 up is at or near 15 mm ( cf. the means in Fig . 17 ) , the size class divisions used by Deacon ...
... Wilton ' than that part of the Nelson Bay Cave sequence studied by Deacon , and although the mode for the length of the scrapers from layer 9 up is at or near 15 mm ( cf. the means in Fig . 17 ) , the size class divisions used by Deacon ...
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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