Large ungulate mortality profiles and ambush hunting by Acheulean-age hominins at Elandsfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa

At Elandsfontein, a Middle Pleistocene marsh deposit preserves an abundance of mammalian fossils, along with a partial cranium of Homo heidelbergensis and a significant number of Acheulean stone tools. Most of this material was collected from the surface of eroding deposits in the 20th century, and...

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Published in:	Journal of archaeological science Vol. 107; pp. 40 - 49
Main Author:	Bunn, Henry T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01-07-2019
Subjects:	Ambush hunting Hominin subsistence Mortality profiles Taphonomy Tooth wear Tooth wear Hominin subsistence Mortality profiles Ambush hunting Taphonomy
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