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Approximate age:280,000 years old=average of minimum (0.245 Ma) and maximum (0.315 Ma)
Date based on: U-series See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Beaumont PB, Vogel JC (2006) On a timescale for the past million years of human history in central South Africa;
Chazan, M., Ron, H., Matmon, A., Porat, N., Goldberg, P., Yates, R., et al. (2008). Radiometric dating of the Earlier Stone Age sequence in excavation I at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa: preliminary results. Journal of Human Evolution, 55(1), 1-11
Hominids: Late Fauresmith
Archaeology:
Important specimens:
Notes: prepared cores,
blades, Levallois points, and bifaces, of which the handaxes are
sometimes rather coarsely flaked (Fig. 5), often resulting in
patches of cortex remaining, particularly at butt ends. Also
present are convergent or nosed scrapers that, together with the
crude largish bifaces, are taken to be sufficiently distinctive to
warrant the identification of a late stage of the Fauresmith; incised slabs that
often feature well-spaced parallel curved lines; haematite pigment pieces
Location: Kuruman Hills, situated between Danielskuil and Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Map location/coordinates reference: Johnson CR, McBrearty S Archaeology of middle Pleistocene lacustrine and spring paleoenvironments in the Kapthurin Formation, Kenya. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 31(4): 485-499.
Key references: Beaumont PB, Vogel JC (2006) On a timescale for the past million years of human history in central South Africa;
Chazan, M., Ron, H., Matmon, A., Porat, N., Goldberg, P., Yates, R., et al. (2008). Radiometric dating of the Earlier Stone Age sequence in excavation I at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa: preliminary results. Journal of Human Evolution, 55(1), 1-11
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Wonderwerk Cave; Major Unit 3 (Late Fauresmith: Exc.1 5a 5b; Exc. 2 3 4a-e; Exc. 3 4?6; Exc. 4 4; Exc. 6 3LR 4)
