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

McNabb, John; Sinclair, Anthony

doi:doi:10.30861/9781407304205

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

John McNabb and Anthony Sinclair 2009 © BAR Publishing

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.

Series

BAR pre-2020
BAR International Series pre-2020

ISBN(s)

9781407334554 (ebook)
9781407304205 (paperback)

BAR Number

S1940

Subject

Africa
Palaeolithic / Mesolithic
Human Origins
Bronze Age and Iron Age

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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.

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

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