Human remains from Blombos Cave, South Africa: (1997–1998 excavations)

2000 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 755-765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick E. Grine ◽  
Christopher S. Henshilwood ◽  
Judith C. Sealy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Blombos Cave

Additional human remains from Blombos Cave, South Africa: (1999–2000 excavations)

2002 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick E. Grine ◽  
Christopher S. Henshilwood
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Blombos Cave

Extending the chronology of deposits at Blombos Cave, South Africa, back to 140ka using optical dating of single and multiple grains of quartz

2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenobia Jacobs ◽  
Geoffrey A.T. Duller ◽  
Ann G. Wintle ◽  
Christopher S. Henshilwood
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Optical Dating ◽  
Blombos Cave

Rock Hyraxes (Procavia capensis) from Middle Stone Age Levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaw Badenhorst ◽  
Karen L. van Niekerk ◽  
Christopher S. Henshilwood
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Middle Stone Age ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Procavia Capensis ◽  
Blombos Cave

Optical dating of dune sand from Blombos Cave, South Africa: II—single grain data

2003 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 613-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z Jacobs ◽  
G.A.T Duller ◽  
A.G Wintle
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Dune Sand ◽  
Optical Dating ◽  
Single Grain ◽  
Blombos Cave

scholarly journals Geoarchaeological investigation of occupation deposits in Blombos Cave in South Africa indicate changes in site use and settlement dynamics in the southern Cape during MIS 5b-4

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-54
Author(s):  
Magnus M. Haaland ◽  
Christopher E. Miller ◽  
Ole F. Unhammer ◽  
Jerome P. Reynard ◽  
Karen L. van Niekerk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Middle Stone Age ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Social ◽  
Settlement Dynamics ◽  
Site Use ◽  
Regional Settlement ◽  
Blombos Cave

Abstract The archaeological assemblage recovered from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) levels in Blombos Cave, South Africa, is central to our understanding of the development of early modern humans. Here, we demonstrate that the cultural and technological innovations inferred from the Blombos Cave MSA record also correlate with significant shifts in site use and occupational intensity. Through a comprehensive geoarchaeological investigation of three MSA occupation phases, we identified distinct diachronic trends in the frequency of visits and the modes of occupation. During the earliest phases (ca. 88–82 ka), humans inhabited the cave for more extended periods, but cave visits were not frequent. During the later phases (ca. 77–72 ka), the cave was more regularly visited but for shorter periods each time. We argue that these changes in local occupational intensity, which also coincide with shifts in vegetation, sea levels, and subsistence, can best be explained by broader changes in hunter-gatherer mobility strategies and occupation patterns. Fundamental changes in regional settlement dynamics during Marine Oxygen Isotope Stages 5b-4 would have significantly affected the nature and frequency of social interaction within and between prehistoric populations living in the southern Cape, a scenario that ultimately may explain some of the social and technological advances that occurred there during this time frame.

TL DATING OF BURNT LITHICS FROM BLOMBOS CAVE (SOUTH AFRICA): FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR THE ANTIQUITY OF MODERN HUMAN BEHAVIOUR*

Archaeometry ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. TRIBOLO ◽  
N. MERCIER ◽  
M. SELO ◽  
H. VALLADAS ◽  
J.-L. JORON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
Human Behaviour ◽  
Tl Dating ◽  
Blombos Cave

Bone Artefacts from the Middle Stone Age at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa

1997 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 890-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Henshilwood ◽  
Judith Sealy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Middle Stone Age ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Blombos Cave
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