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ID: 8698132
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698132
Record Type:
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Boomplaas Cave (abandoned dwelling)
Coordinates:
Lat: 33 23 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -33.3830
decimal degrees
Long: 022 11 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 22.1830
decimal degrees
Note:
The cave contains a well-stratified sequence of deposits depicting the transition from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene. A painted stone found in the unit is one of the most securely dated paintings in the country (ca. 6400 BP).
Names:
Boomplaas Cave
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South Africa
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Western Cape
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Boomplaas Cave
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Place Types:
abandoned dwelling (
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archaeological site (
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prehistoric site (
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cave (
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Stone Age (
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Related geographic places:
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Oudtshoorn
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(World, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape) [1093474]
Sources and Contributors:
Boomplaas Cave..........
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Deacon, Excavations, World Archaeology (1979)
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Deacon, Excavations, World Archaeology (1979)
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Deacon, Human Beginnings in South Africa (1999)
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Deacon, Excavations, World Archaeology (1979)
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Deacon, Human Beginnings in South Africa (1999)
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