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VISITS TO A CLIFF CAVE AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SPRING CAVE, WEST COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-12-2021)“…Spring Cave is situated just below the Baboon Point escarpment in Elands Bay and is one of only a handful of central west coast sites with deposits dating to…”
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HUMAN BURIALS FROM SOMNAAS FARM, NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-12-2020)“…In April 2001, an intact human burial (UCT 579) was accidentally uncovered during diamond mining activity on the Somnaas farm in Namaqualand and was…”
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The Ysterfontein 1 Middle Stone Age Site, South Africa, and Early Human Exploitation of Coastal Resources
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (20-04-2004)“…Human fossils and the genetics of extant human populations indicate that living people derive primarily from an African population that lived within the last…”
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LATE HOLOCENE CLIMATIC AND CULTURAL VARIABILITY AT A FOCAL POINT OF SETTLEMENT NEAR LAMBERTS BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: TEST EXCAVATIONS AT SOUTPANSKLIPHEUWEL
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-06-2018)“…The Elands Bay and Lamberts Bay areas have received dedicated attention over the last 40 years. Broad chronological patterns have been established and tested…”
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AN UNUSUAL PRE-COLONIAL BURIAL FROM BLOUBERGSTRAND, TABLE BAY, SOUTH AFRICA
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-06-2015)“…This report describes an approximately 2000-year-old pre-colonial burial (SAM-AP 6383) recovered from a construction site in Bloubergstrand on the Cape West…”
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STONE TOOLS, BEADS AND A RIVER: TWO HOLOCENE MICROLITHIC SITES AT JAKKALSBERG IN THE NORTHWESTERN RICHTERSVELD, NORTHERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-06-2010)“…Jakkalsberg N and Jakkalsberg L, located on the bank of the Orange River in the area of South Africa known as the Richtersveld, date to the mid-and late…”
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THE 'INFORMAL' BURIAL GROUND AT PRESTWICH STREET, CAPE TOWN: CULTURAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDICATORS FOR THE HISTORICAL CAPE UNDERCLASS
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-12-2011)“…Cape Town's urban redevelopment has exposed human remains at a number of construction sites in the Green Point and Victoria & Alfred Waterfront precincts over…”
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ANTIQUITY OF STONE-WALLED TIDAL FISH TRAPS ON THE CAPE COAST, SOUTH AFRICA
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-06-2010)“…This paper attempts to answer a long-standing question in South African archaeology: the age of stone-walled tidal fish traps generally believed to date back…”
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Human burials from Somnaas Farm, Namaqualand, South Africa
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-10-2020)“…In April 2001, an intact human burial (UCT 579) was accidentally uncovered during diamond mining activity on the Somnaas farm in Namaqualand and was…”
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THE YSTERFONTEIN 1 MIDDLE STONE AGE ROCK SHELTER AND THE EVOLUTION OF COASTAL FORAGING
Published in Goodwin series (01-12-2008)“…The Ysterfontein 1 rock shelter (33°20'S, 18°09'E) is located in the eponymous town, on the west coast of South Africa, roughly 70 km north-northwest of Cape…”
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Late Holocene climatic and cultural variability at a focal point of settlement near lamberts bay, South Africa: Test excavations at Soutpansklipheuwel
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-06-2018)“…The Elands Bay and Lamberts Bay areas have received dedicated attention over the last 40 years. Broad chronological patterns have been established and tested…”
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An unusual pre-colonial burial from Bloubergstrand, Table Bay, South Africa
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-06-2015)“…This report describes an approximately 2000-year-old pre-colonial burial (SAM-AP 6383) recovered from a construction site in Bloubergstrand on the Cape West…”
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The 'informal' burial ground at Prestwich street, Cape Town: Cultural and chronological indicators for the historical cape underclass
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-12-2011)“…Cape Town's urban redevelopment has exposed human remains at a number of construction sites in the Green Point and Victoria and Alfred Waterfront precincts…”
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Site Distribution and Chronology at Soutpansklipheuwel, a Rocky Outcrop on the West Coast of South Africa
Published in Journal of island and coastal archaeology (01-01-2014)“…Archaeological research along the West Coast of South Africa has unveiled a diversity of Holocene adaptive strategies as shown by the different type, size,…”
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First excavation of intact Middle Stone Age layers at Ysterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa: implications for Middle Stone Age ecology
Published in Journal of archaeological science (01-08-2003)“…Excavations into a coastal cliff at Ysterfontein (YFT) 1, South Africa, have revealed 2.5–3 m of stratified sands containing classic Middle Stone Age (MSA)…”
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Excavation of buried Late Acheulean (Mid-Quaternary) land surfaces at Duinefontein 2, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Published in Journal of archaeological science (01-05-2003)“…Duinefontein 2 (DFT2) preserves at least two buried land surfaces within a 10-m thick dune plume on the Atlantic Coast of South Africa, about 35 km north of…”
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Duinefontein 2: an Acheulean Site in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
Published in Journal of human evolution (01-08-1999)“…Excavations at Duinefontein (DFT) 2 near Cape Town, South Africa have recovered numerous stone artefacts and animal bones on an ancient surface sealed within…”
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The ysterfontein 1 middle stone age rock shelter and the evolution of coastal foraging
Published in Goodwin series (01-01-2008)“…The Ysterfontein 1 rock shelter (33degrees 20'S, 18degrees 09'E) is located in the eponymous town, on the west coast of South Africa, roughly 70 km…”
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Spatial Patterning, Cultural Identity and Site Integrity on Open Sites: Evidence from Bloeddrift 23, a Pre-Colonial Herder Camp in the Richtersveld, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-12-2001)“…This paper raises the question of whether it is possible to recognise different cultural groups in the later prehistory of the Western and Northern Cape…”
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The Barrack Street Well: Images of a Cape Town Household in the Nineteenth Century
Published in South African archaeological bulletin (01-12-1990)“…This paper describes the results of excavation of well deposits from Barrack Street, Cape Town. The sequence starts with an assemblage dated to the late…”
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