Holocene prehistory of the Southern Cape, South Africa: excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve
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| adam_text | Table of Content
List of Figures
iii
List of Tables
v
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
xi
Chapter
1.
Introduction
1
Chapter
2.
Environment and Palaeoenvironment
5
2.1:
Introduction
5
2.2:
Physiography
5
2.3:
Geology of the Riversdale Plain
6
2.4:
Bathymetry of the
Agulhas
Bank
9
2.5:
Sea level Changes
9
2.6:
Climate and Palaeoclimate
10
2.7:
Vegetation
12
2.8:
Fauna
15
Chapter
3.
Ethnohistory of the Southern Cape
19
3.1:
Introduction
19
3.2:
Ethnohistory of the Riversdale Plain
20
3.3:
Observations at Blombosfontein:
1928-9 22
Chapter
4.
Holocene Archaeology of the Southern Cape
23
4.1 :
Introduction
23
4.2:
History of LSA archaeology
23
4.3:
The Holocene Period
(8000 - 2000
BP)
24
4.4:
The Late Holocene
(2000
BP
-
Historic Period)
26
Chapter
5.
Site Descriptions and Radiocarbon Dates
29
5.1:
Introduction
29
5.2:
Survey Methods and Site Selection
30
5.3:
Excavation Procedures
31
5.4:
Site Descriptions and Stratigraphy
31
BBC (Biombos
Cave)
41
BBC: The Later Stone Age Levels
43
BBC: The Middle Stone Age Still Bay levels:
с
77 - 70
ka
(MSA phases
1 & 2) 45
BBC: Environmental change and symbolic signalling in the Still Bay levels
49
5.5:
Site classification and taphonomy
53
5.6:
Analysis Methodology
56
5.7:
Radiocarbon Dating
59
Chapter
6.
Shellfish Analysis
61
6.1 :
Introduction
61
6.2:
Analysis Methodology
62
6.3:
Shellfish analysis by site/unit
66
6.4:
Inter-site/unit shellfish analysis
66
6.5:
Shellfish Exploitation of the Intertidal zone
73
6.6:
Comparison of mean shellfish size by species per site/unit
76
6.7:
Palaeoenvironmental Factors and
Prédation
Pressure
80
6.8:
Comparison of BBF shellfish patterns with other southern Cape sites
81
6.9:
Summary of Results
83
Chapter
7.
Fauna: Mammals, Reptiles
&
Fish
85
7.1:
Introduction
85
7.2.
Mammals
85
7.3:
Domesticated Animals
89
7.4:
Micromammals
91
7.5:
Reptiles
92
7.6:
Fish
95
7.7:
Summary of Results
97
Chapter
8.
Cultural Artefacts
99
8.1:
Introduction
99
8.2:
Lithic Artefacts -Classification Scheme and inventory
100
8.3:
Raw materials
101
8.4:
Unmodified Artefacts
103
8.5
Utilised/Modified Class
104
8.6
Retouched lithic artefacts
107
8.7:
Bone Artefacts
115
8.8:
Marine Shell Artefacts
115
8.9:
Ostrich Egg-Shell Artefacts
117
8.10:
Personal Ornaments: Other
119
8.11:
Pottery
120
8.12:
Summary of Results
120
Chapter
9.
Seasonality and Oxygen Isotope Analysis
125
9.1:
Introduction
125
9.2:
Basic Principles of Oxygen Isotope Analysis
125
9.3:
Current Problems in Seasonality Research in South Africa
125
9.4:
Objectives of the BBF Seasonality Study
126
9.5:
Methodology and Results: Turbo
sar
matic
us
126
9.6:
Methodology and Results: Scutellastra
tabuiaris
132
Results
132
9.7:
Summary
133
Chapter
10.
Summary
&
Discussion
137
10.1:
Summary
137
10.2:
Site Synopses
137
10.3:
Discussion and Conclusions
141
Bibliography
145
Appendix
161
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