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... individuals . As mentioned in the discussion of the stratigraphy , layer 3 is virtually a shell midden deposit and was , by virtue of the high density of shell , one of the few clearly definable stratigraphic units . The AD of 12 120 ...
... individuals . As mentioned in the discussion of the stratigraphy , layer 3 is virtually a shell midden deposit and was , by virtue of the high density of shell , one of the few clearly definable stratigraphic units . The AD of 12 120 ...
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... individuals , although in the case of P. cochlear it appears that , except in layers 2 and 1 , it was the whole population that was being exploited . That layer 3 , which has the highest relative frequency of shell , also has the lowest ...
... individuals , although in the case of P. cochlear it appears that , except in layers 2 and 1 , it was the whole population that was being exploited . That layer 3 , which has the highest relative frequency of shell , also has the lowest ...
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... individuals , as against 10 taxa for 18 individuals in layer 15 and 15 taxa for 24 individuals in layer 13 . R. Rau ( 1979 pers . comm . ) has suggested that an abundance of tortoises is more likely to be indicative of dry conditions ...
... individuals , as against 10 taxa for 18 individuals in layer 15 and 15 taxa for 24 individuals in layer 13 . R. Rau ( 1979 pers . comm . ) has suggested that an abundance of tortoises is more likely to be indicative of dry conditions ...
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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