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The sword in the stone : lithic raw material in the Middle Stone Age at Pinnacle Point Site 5-6, southern Cape, South Africa
This thesis presents a description and analysis of the lithic artefacts from the recently excavated site of Pinnacle Point 5-6, Mossel Bay, from a sequence dating between ~50-85ka. PP5-6 has been excavated to the highest contemporary standards, enabling a more detailed analysis of the lithics than i...
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| author | Brown, Kyle S |
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| description | This thesis presents a description and analysis of the lithic artefacts from the recently excavated site of Pinnacle Point 5-6, Mossel Bay, from a sequence dating between ~50-85ka. PP5-6 has been excavated to the highest contemporary standards, enabling a more detailed analysis of the lithics than is possible for Klasies. Although the PP5-6 lithic sequence conforms with the overall trends of MSA artifact manufacture, a number of differences from other sites are identified here for the first time - a significant step towards understanding behavioral variability and complexity among early modern humans. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10207 The sword in the stone : lithic raw material in the Middle Stone Age at Pinnacle Point Site 5-6, southern Cape, South Africa Brown, Kyle S Braun, David R Sealy, Judith Archaeology This thesis presents a description and analysis of the lithic artefacts from the recently excavated site of Pinnacle Point 5-6, Mossel Bay, from a sequence dating between ~50-85ka. PP5-6 has been excavated to the highest contemporary standards, enabling a more detailed analysis of the lithics than is possible for Klasies. Although the PP5-6 lithic sequence conforms with the overall trends of MSA artifact manufacture, a number of differences from other sites are identified here for the first time - a significant step towards understanding behavioral variability and complexity among early modern humans. 2014-12-27T14:03:35Z 2014-12-27T14:03:35Z 2011 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10207 eng application/pdf Department of Archaeology Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Archaeology Brown, Kyle S The sword in the stone : lithic raw material in the Middle Stone Age at Pinnacle Point Site 5-6, southern Cape, South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | The sword in the stone : lithic raw material in the Middle Stone Age at Pinnacle Point Site 5-6, southern Cape, South Africa |
| title_full | The sword in the stone : lithic raw material in the Middle Stone Age at Pinnacle Point Site 5-6, southern Cape, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The sword in the stone : lithic raw material in the Middle Stone Age at Pinnacle Point Site 5-6, southern Cape, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The sword in the stone : lithic raw material in the Middle Stone Age at Pinnacle Point Site 5-6, southern Cape, South Africa |
| title_short | The sword in the stone : lithic raw material in the Middle Stone Age at Pinnacle Point Site 5-6, southern Cape, South Africa |
| title_sort | sword in the stone lithic raw material in the middle stone age at pinnacle point site 5 6 southern cape south africa |
| topic | Archaeology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10207 |
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