Border Cave

Border Cave is an archaeological site located in the western Lebombo Mountains in Kwazulu-Natal. The rock shelter has one of the longest archaeological records in southern Africa, which spans from the Middle Stone Age to the Iron Age.

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  Border Cave ⓘ
  rock shelter in South Africa

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Border cave homo sapiens

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Early Later Stone Age layers at Border Cave

2013-02-20 Border Cave, Nkungwini, KZN (4)

2013-02-20 Border Cave, Nkungwini, KZN

2013-02-20 Border Cave, Nkungwini, KZN (6)

2013-02-20 Border Cave, Nkungwini, KZN (5)

Excavations at Border Cave showing stratigraphy on the North section of the site

• BORDER cave skull, Ingwavuma District, Zululand - scientific article published on 01 June 1950, Q1860
• Morphometric comparisons between crania of Late PleistoceneHomo sapiensfrom Border Cave (BC 1), Tuinplaas (TP 1) and modern southern African populations - , 2011
• Radiocarbon dating from 40 to 60kaBP at Border Cave, South Africa - scholarly article, 2003
• Lithostratigraphy of Border Cave, KwaZulu, South Africa: a Middle Stone Age sequence beginning c. 195,000 b.p - article published in 1978, Q1860
• On the age of Border Cave 5 human mandible - scientific article published in August 2003, Q1860
• Border Cave revisited: a revised ESR chronology - scientific article, Q1860, 2001
• Earliest evidence of personal ornaments associated with burial: the Conus shells from Border Cave - scientific article, Q1860, 2016
• New Excavations at Border Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - article by Lucinda R. Backwell et al published 18 August 2018 in Journal of Field Archaeology
• Metrical reconsideration of the Skhul IV and IX and Border Cave 1 crania in the context of modern human origins - scientific article published on 1 April 1992, Q1860
• Reply to Evans: Use of poison remains the most parsimonious explanation for Border Cave castor bean extract. - scientific article published on 23 October 2012, Q1860
• Border Cave and the beginning of the Later Stone Age in South Africa - scientific article (publication date: 14 August 2012), Q1860
• ESR dating evidence for early modern humans at Border Cave in South Africa - scientific article, Q1860, 1990
• More on the Study of the Border Cave Remains - article published April 1981 in Current Anthropology
• The environment of early modern humans at Border Cave, South Africa: micromammalian evidence - article, Q1860, 1992
• 3. Fossil Man in the Lebombo Mountains, South Africa: The 'Border Cave,' Ingwavuma District, Zululand - article, 1945
• Early evidence of San material culture represented by organic artifacts from Border Cave, South Africa - scientific article, Q1860, 2012

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	cave		Border Cave	rock shelter, archaeological site, cave	Wikidata
commons	image		Border cave homo sapiens		Commons
commons	image		Border Cave01		Commons
commons	image		Border Cave00		Commons
commons	image		Early Later Stone Age layers at Border Cave		Commons
commons	image		2013-02-20 Border Cave, Nkungwini, KZN (4)		Commons
commons	image		2013-02-20 Border Cave, Nkungwini, KZN		Commons
commons	image		2013-02-20 Border Cave, Nkungwini, KZN (6)		Commons
commons	image		2013-02-20 Border Cave, Nkungwini, KZN (5)		Commons
commons	image		Excavations at Border Cave showing stratigraphy on the North section of the site		Commons