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Approximate age:290,000 years old=average of minimum (0.246 Ma) and maximum (0.334 Ma)
Date based on: See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Wilkins, J., Chazan, M., Blade production?~500 thousand years ago at Kathu Pan 1, South Africa: support for a multiple origins hypothesis for early Middle Pleistocene blade technologies. Journal of Archaeological Science.
Hominids:
Archaeology:
Important specimens: Middle Stone Age artifacts, edge-worn and abraded, suggests secondary deposit, Long lithostratigrpahic sequence
Notes:
Location: Northern Cape, South Africa
Map location/coordinates reference: Wilkins, J., Chazan, M., Blade production?~500 thousand years ago at Kathu Pan 1, South Africa: support for a multiple origins hypothesis for early Middle Pleistocene blade technologies. Journal of Archaeological Science.
Key references: Wilkins, J., Chazan, M., Blade production?~500 thousand years ago at Kathu Pan 1, South Africa: support for a multiple origins hypothesis for early Middle Pleistocene blade technologies. Journal of Archaeological Science.
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