Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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... contain a medium to low density of quartz grit , mostly in the 0,5-1,0 mm size range but also including larger ... contain carbonized organic material mixed into the clay , but whether this was deliberately introduced is doubtful , since ...
... contain a medium to low density of quartz grit , mostly in the 0,5-1,0 mm size range but also including larger ... contain carbonized organic material mixed into the clay , but whether this was deliberately introduced is doubtful , since ...
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... contain a very high frequency of tortoise remains . Although tortoise remains are too common in southern African archaeolo- gical deposits for their presence at BNK 1 to warrant much comment , the ' midden ' in layer 14 does call for ...
... contain a very high frequency of tortoise remains . Although tortoise remains are too common in southern African archaeolo- gical deposits for their presence at BNK 1 to warrant much comment , the ' midden ' in layer 14 does call for ...
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... contains utilized blades , which are absent from phase 4. The retouched artefact category also has more in common with phase 3 although it contains a higher frequency of adzes . In layer 5 the scraper : adze ratio is about 6 : 1 , in ...
... contains utilized blades , which are absent from phase 4. The retouched artefact category also has more in common with phase 3 although it contains a higher frequency of adzes . In layer 5 the scraper : adze ratio is about 6 : 1 , in ...
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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