Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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... units made to ensure precise stratigraphic control . After examina- tion of the stratigraphy of the unexcavated deposit and laboratory analysis of the material recovered , it was decided to combine the stratigraphic units into twenty ...
... units made to ensure precise stratigraphic control . After examina- tion of the stratigraphy of the unexcavated deposit and laboratory analysis of the material recovered , it was decided to combine the stratigraphic units into twenty ...
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... units . The relatively high frequencies of roof spalls and microfauna in the upper sub - unit may , however ... units into larger layer units , but present circumstances preclude the obtaining of large numbers of dates from test ...
... units . The relatively high frequencies of roof spalls and microfauna in the upper sub - unit may , however ... units into larger layer units , but present circumstances preclude the obtaining of large numbers of dates from test ...
Page 157
... units at Melkhoutboom Equus cf. quagga is present only in the lowest two units and is absent after about 7 000 B.P. , about 1 000 years before it disappears from the BNK 1 deposits . Raphicerus sp . , probably R. melanotis on the basis ...
... units at Melkhoutboom Equus cf. quagga is present only in the lowest two units and is absent after about 7 000 B.P. , about 1 000 years before it disappears from the BNK 1 deposits . Raphicerus sp . , probably R. melanotis on the basis ...
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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