Pleistocene Engravings from Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa)
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The 12-13 Pleistocene art sites known for sub-Saharan Africa are certainly a meagre tally, relative to the numbers that have been documented in smaller Europe or Australia, but they do, nevertheless, provide a record of regular palaeoart production that extends back to about 100 ka. Less continuity is presently evidenced by earlier finds; namely the Sangoan cupules at Sai Island and the 276 ka Fauresmith occurrence at Wonderwerk Cave. We here provide a microscopic analysis of two items from...
Source: Palethnologie
Authors: Robert G. Bednarik, Peter B. Beaumont
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W206517539