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Approximate age:630,000 years old=average of minimum (0.480 Ma) and maximum (0.78 Ma)
Date based on: Inferred from surrounding dated units 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: Early Fauresmith-Acheulean
Archaeology:
Important specimens:
Notes: haematite pigment pieces; artefact samples are
too small for close industrial ascription
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 6 (Exc. 1 9a-f)
