Klasies River Mouth Cave 1 (Main Cave),  Klasies River Mouth HP deposits  South Africa Go to Data Dashboard
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upper age limit boundary
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lower age limit boundary
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Henry
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0.06
0.065
ESR; URN
Villa P. Soriano S. Teyssandier N. & Wurz S. The Howiesons Poort and MSA III at Klasies River main site Cave 1A. Journal of Archaeological Science 37(3) 630-655; thorium-uranium method Henshilwood C. S. & Dubreuil B. (2011). The still bay and howiesons poort 77-59 ka: Symbolic material culture and the evolution of the mind during the african middle stone age. Current Anthropology 52 (3) 361-400.
 sapiens
Homo sapiens idaltu
mode3 mode4 fire; distinctive backed pieces (segments) trapezes;industry Howiesons Poort Stillbay Aterian; Biface bifacial point; Howiesons Poort; Microlith Backed blades; Blade; Ochre stained bone tools and ochre nodules; bone tools; ochre- in situ; ochre used as a pigment; hafting
HP deposits
Fire use (Hearths): James S. R. Dennell R. W. Gilbert A. S. Lewis H. T. Gowlett J. A. J. Lynch T. F. et al. (1989). Hominid Use of Fire in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene: A Review of the Evidence [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology 30(1) 1-26.
Homo sapiens
Early Homo sapiens chin
Villa P. S. Soriano N. Teyssandier S. Wurz. The Howiesons Poort and MSA III at Klasies River main site Cave 1A. Journal of Archaeological Science 37:3 (2010) 630-655.