| Title |
Kathu Townlands: A High Density Earlier Stone Age Locality in the Interior of South Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0103436 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steven J. H. Walker, Vasa Lukich, Michael Chazan |
| Abstract |
Kathu Townlands is a high density Earlier Stone Age locality in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Here we present the first detailed information on this locality based on analysis of a sample of lithic material from excavations by P. Beaumont and field observations made in the course of fieldwork in 2013. The results confirm the remarkably high artefact density at Kathu Townlands and do not provide evidence consistent with high energy transport as a mechanism of site formation, suggesting that Kathu Townlands was the site of intensive exploitation of highly siliceous outcroppings of banded iron formation. The results presented here provide a first step towards understanding this complex locality and point to the need for further research and the importance of preserving this locality in the face of intensive and rapid development. |
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