Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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... remains more or less constant in layers 2 and 1 , but silcrete remains the most common raw material for this class ( Fig . 14 ) . The frequency of scrapers declines from layer 8 up , mostly relative to that of adzes , which show a ...
... remains more or less constant in layers 2 and 1 , but silcrete remains the most common raw material for this class ( Fig . 14 ) . The frequency of scrapers declines from layer 8 up , mostly relative to that of adzes , which show a ...
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... REMAINS HUMAN REMAINS As mentioned previously , during the excavation of the test pit in 1973 , a human burial was encountered at a depth of approximately 0,7 m from the surface . These remains have been studied by H. de Villiers and ...
... REMAINS HUMAN REMAINS As mentioned previously , during the excavation of the test pit in 1973 , a human burial was encountered at a depth of approximately 0,7 m from the surface . These remains have been studied by H. de Villiers and ...
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... remains from Groot Hagelkraal near Pearly Beach ( Fig . 1 ) . Wells & Wells ( 1972 ) examined the remains and concluded that the skeleton was ' that of a female of Bushman type , aged about 15-20 years , and about 146 cm in height ...
... remains from Groot Hagelkraal near Pearly Beach ( Fig . 1 ) . Wells & Wells ( 1972 ) examined the remains and concluded that the skeleton was ' that of a female of Bushman type , aged about 15-20 years , and about 146 cm in height ...
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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