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ID: 8698158
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698158
Record Type:
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Howieson's Poort Shelter (abandoned dwelling)
Coordinates:
Lat: 33 21 07 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -33.3510
decimal degrees
Long: 026 29 55 E
degrees minutes
Long: 26.4980
decimal degrees
Note:
Type site for Middle Stone Age technology dominated by blade and backed artifacts. First excavated in 1927.
Names:
Howieson's Poort Shelter
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Howieson's Poort Shelter
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Place Types:
abandoned dwelling (
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archaeological site (
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rock shelter (
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Stone Age (
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Sources and Contributors:
Howieson's Poort Shelter..........
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Deacon, An unsolved mystery (1995)
Subject:
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Deacon, An unsolved mystery (1995)
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 17 October 2016
Note:
English
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Deacon, An unsolved mystery (1995)
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Mackay, On the production of blades (2008)
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