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The Cave of Hearths: Makapan Middle Pleistocene Research Project: Field research by Anthony Sinclair and Patrick Quinney, 1996-2001

John McNabb and Anthony Sinclair
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This volume represents the efforts of a significant collaborative project and provides a completely up-to-date interpretation of the Cave of Hearths (Makapan Cave Valley, Limpopo Province, South Africa), which has played a key role in furthering knowledge of hominin prehistory and evolution in southern Africa. This work provides new analyses and interpretations of this important site and its archaeology, geology and palaeontology.
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgments.
  • Contents.
  • Illustrations.
  • Tables.
  • Foreword.
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. An Overview of the Archaeological History of the Cave of Hearths and its Lithic Assemblages
  • Chapter 3. An Overview of the Physical Setting of Makapan
  • Chapter 4. The Formation and Sedimentary Infilling of the Cave of Hearths and Gwasa/Historic Cave Complex, Makapan, South Africa
  • Chapter 5. Archaeomagnetic Studies at the Cave of Hearths
  • Chapter 6. The Taphonomy of the Cave of Hearths Acheulean Faunal Assemblage
  • Chapter 7. The ESA Stone Tool Assemblage from the Cave of Hearths, Beds 1 - 3
  • Chapter 8. The MSA Stone Tool Assemblage from the Cave of Hearths, Beds 4-9
  • Chapter 9. The Mandible from Bed 3, Cave of Hearths
  • Chapter 10. Overview and Broader Significance of the ESA and MSA at the Cave of Hearths
  • Appendix 5.1. Details of the Magnetic Analyses
  • Appendix 7.1. Lithic Recording
  • Appendix 8.1.
  • Appendix 8.2. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Locally-Sourced Black Quartzite
  • Appendix 8.3. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Locally-Sourced Grey Quartzite
  • Appendix 8.4. The Frequency of Technological Debitage Types by Spit for Locally-Sourced Andesite
  • Appendix 8.5. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Locally-Sourced Chert
  • Appendix 8.6. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Locally Sourced Quartz
  • Appendix 8.7. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Locally-Sourced(?) Indurated Shale
  • Appendix 8.8. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Hornfels
  • Appendix 8.9. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Felsite
  • Bibliography.
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Published: 2009
Publisher: BAR Publishing
Copyright Holder: BAR Publishing
ISBN(s)
  • 9781407304205 (paperback)
  • 9781407334554 (ebook)
BAR Number: S1940
Subject
  • Palaeolithic / Mesolithic
  • Human Origins
  • Bronze Age and Iron Age
  • Africa
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