Sites Middle Stone Age

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excavations @ pinnacle point, south africa


numerous sites in southern africa reflect 4 characteristics of behavioral modernity. blombos cave, south africa contains personal ornaments , presumed tools used production of artistic imagery, bone tools. still bay , howieson s poort contain variable tool technologies. these different types of assemblages allow researchers extrapolate behaviors associated such technologies, such shifts in foraging behaviors, further supported faunal data @ these sites.



blombos cave, south africa
klasies river caves, south africa
sibudu cave, south africa
diepkloof rock shelter, south africa
pinnacle point, south africa
mumba cave, tanzania
mumbwa caves, zambia




^ henshilwood, christopher s.; d errico, francesco; marean, curtis w.; milo, richard g.; yates, royden (2001). bone tool industry middle stone age @ blombos cave, south africa: implications origins of modern human behaviour, symbolism , language . journal of human evolution. 41: 631–678. doi:10.1006/jhev.2001.0515. pmid 11782112. 
^ henshilwood, christopher s.; dubreuil, benoit (2011). still bay , howiesons poort, 77-59 ka: symbolic material culture , evolution of mind during african middle stone age . current anthropology. 52: 361–400. doi:10.1086/660022. 






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