Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1993 - Natural history |
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Page 330
... shellfish back to the cave . It is possible that , prior to about 6000 BP . , the coast in the vicinity of the site did not consist of sufficient rocky shore to provide adequate supplies of shellfish , although it is evident from the ...
... shellfish back to the cave . It is possible that , prior to about 6000 BP . , the coast in the vicinity of the site did not consist of sufficient rocky shore to provide adequate supplies of shellfish , although it is evident from the ...
Page 352
... shellfish as they do not like the taste , but poor people eat them when they are hungry , as they do roots and bark . The evidence for the Iron Age in the coastal region , limited though it may be , is that the farmers , whether engaged ...
... shellfish as they do not like the taste , but poor people eat them when they are hungry , as they do roots and bark . The evidence for the Iron Age in the coastal region , limited though it may be , is that the farmers , whether engaged ...
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... shellfish collection is high in terms of flesh yield , but shellfish are generally a more reliable food source than antelope , regardless of cultural preferences . If the day's hunting were unsuccessful , marine resources would provide ...
... shellfish collection is high in terms of flesh yield , but shellfish are generally a more reliable food source than antelope , regardless of cultural preferences . If the day's hunting were unsuccessful , marine resources would provide ...
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Agulhas Bank Alcock archaeological artefacts azooxanthellate Balanophyllia Bay Cave Boshoff Brady Buntonia Cairns Cape Peninsula Cape Town Caryophyllia coast coastal region Colius cf corallites corallum corals Cytheropteron Dendrophyllia deposits depth DIEGO Dingle distal Distribution Indian Ocean dorsal elongate evidence False Bay fauna Flabellum Gardiner & Waugh genus Goringhaicona Hartmann hendeyi herders holotype Horst Hottentot hunter-gatherers Illustrated material length Indian Ocean internal view Kasteelberg Khoikhoi Krithe Lüderitz Madagascar Maddocks male Marenzeller marine material length height Material One valve midden Moodie Natal ornamentation ostracod paratype Parkington perna Pillai posterior Propontocypris recorded relict Remarks ridge Saldanha Bay sample Scheer Scleractinia septa shell shellfish South Africa South African Museum south-west Indian Ocean south-western Africa southern Africa specimens Strandlopers Streptocephalus striatus Fig synonymy Tanzania thecal edges Truncatoflabellum Urocolius Urocythereis USNM Walvis Bay Walvis Ridge Whatley Wilton Zibrowius