Duinefontein,    South Africa Go to Data Dashboard
user: data author
upper age limit boundary
approx. average age
lower age limit boundary
dating method species (lumped) biology notes industry archaeology notes locality data notes paleoanthropology general notes

Henry
rate entry
0.16
0.4
BIO; OSL; TML
Wood B. (Ed.). (2011). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution 2 Volume Set: Wiley-Blackwell; Feathers J. K. (2002). Luminescence dating in less than ideal conditions: case studies from Klasies River main site and Duinefontein South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 29(2) 177-194.Cruz-Uribe K. Klein R. G. Avery G. Avery M. Halkett D. Hart T. ... & Volman T. P. (2003). Excavation of buried late Acheulean (mid-quaternary) land surfaces at Duinefontein 2 Western Cape Province South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 30(5) 559-575.
mode2 mode3 industry Late Acheulean; Stillbay;fire (any evidence)
Koeberg Nature Reserve
Duinefontein 1 and Duinefontein 2
unknown
Wood B. (Ed.). (2011). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution 2 Volume Set: Wiley-Blackwell.
Cruz-Uribe K. Klein R. G. Avery G. Avery M. Halkett D. Hart T. ... & Volman T. P. (2003). Excavation of buried late Acheulean (mid-quaternary) land surfaces at Duinefontein 2 Western Cape Province South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 30(5) 559-575.

Numerous stone tools and worked animal bones dating from between 200;000 and 400;000 years ago.