• the Howieson's Poort Shelter archaeological site near Grahamstown in South Africa, where the first assemblage of these tools was discovered. Howiesons Poort...
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  • Howieson's Poort Shelter is a small rock shelter in South Africa containing the archaeological site from which the Howiesons Poort period in the Middle...
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  • Places in South Africa Hex River Poort Pass, a mountain pass Howieson's Poort Shelter, an archeological site Howiesons Poort, a cultural period in the Stone...
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    Border Cave and Diepkloof Rock Shelter. Behavioral modernity Boomplaas Cave Enkapune Ya Muto Howieson's Poort Shelter Human evolution (origins of society...
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    about 45,000 BP and encompassing pre-Stillbay, Stillbay, Howiesons Poort, and post-Howiesons Poort periods. It is about 25 metres (82 ft) wide and 15 metres...
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    large enough for a human to enter. The term may refer to sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates...
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    Stillbay (80,000 BP) Howieson's Poort Shelter (80,000 BP – 60,000 BP) Mousteroid (80,000 BP – 50,000 BP) Peers Cave (75,000 BP) Howiesons Poort (68,000 BP – 60...
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    presence of such eggshells dating from the Howiesons Poort period of the Middle Stone Age at Diepkloof Rock Shelter in South Africa suggests canteens were...
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    Sibudu Cave (category Rock shelters in South Africa)
    Border Cave, and Diepkloof Rock Shelter. Three of the sites gained the World Heritage Status in 2024. Howieson's Poort Shelter Klasies River Caves List of...
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    needle, and earliest use of heat-treated mixed compound gluing. Howieson's Poort Shelter is occupied. The San people arrive in South Africa. Stilbaai Tidal...
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  • Burchell's Shelter Cango Caves Cooper's Cave Diepkloof Rock Shelter Echo Caves Gladysvale Cave Gondolin Cave Haasgat Howieson's Poort Shelter Die Kelders...
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    artifacts representing multiple cultural phases: Pre-Still Bay Still Bay Howiesons Poort Late MSA Transitional MSA/LSA Robberg technocomplexes Recent geoarchaeological...
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  • using culture stratigraphy, they determined stages as MSA I, MSA II, Howiesons Poort, MSA III and MSA IV, which allowed comparison across the caves. Critiques...
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    alternative dating methods at the site. The members associated with the Howieson's Poort technocomplex were dated using amino acid racemization (AAR) on ostrich...
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  • Warratyi (redirect from Warratyi shelter)
    138.9592°E / -30.5921; 138.9592 Warratyi Warratyi is the site of a rock shelter in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. Located around 550 kilometres...
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    production of artistic imagery, as well as bone tools. Still Bay and Howieson's Poort contain variable tool technologies. These different types of assemblages...
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  • Madjedbebe (formerly known as Malakunanja II) is a sandstone rock shelter in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia, possibly the oldest...
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    [kʁomaɲɔ̃]) is an Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithic) site, located in a rock shelter at Les Eyzies, a hamlet in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil,...
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    35.1566B. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2007.11.006. Wadley, Lyn (2008). "The Howieson's Poort industry of Sibudu Cave". South African Archaeological Society Goodwin...
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    The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in central India that spans the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, as well as the historic period...
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    Christine (2010). "A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa"....
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  • The Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter, located on private property in Colbert County in northwestern Alabama, United States, is one of the most important...
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    Verna C. (2010). "A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa"....
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    Border Cave (category Rock shelters in South Africa)
    existed, which included MSA 1 (Pietersberg), MSA 2b (Howiesons Poort), MSA 3 (post-Howiesons Poort) and ELSA (Early Later Stone Age). Lucinda Backwell's...
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  • Sisyphus Shelter is an archaeological site that was uncovered in Colorado when the Colorado Department of Highways was working on I-70. The excavation...
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    et al. (2010). "A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa"....
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  • Bonfire Shelter is an archaeological site located in a southwest Texas rock shelter, near Langtry, Texas, US. This archaeological site contains evidence...
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  • 35.1566B. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2007.11.006. Wadley, Lyn (2008). "The Howieson's Poort industry of Sibudu Cave". South African Archaeological Society Goodwin...
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    The Hidden Valley Rock Shelter (44-BA-31) is a significant archaeological site located near the community of Warm Springs in Bath County, Virginia, United...
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    The abri de Cap Blanc is a prehistoric limestone rock shelter with Magdalenian animal sculptures. It is in the Marquay commune on the right bank of the...
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