Blombos Cave
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Blombos Cave is an archaeological site located in Blombos Private Nature Reserve, about 300 km east of Cape Town on the Southern Cape coastline, South Africa. The cave contains Middle Stone Age (MSA) deposits currently dated at between c. 100,000 and 70,000 years Before Present (BP), and a Late Stone Age sequence dated at between 2000 and 300 years BP. The cave site was first excavated in 1991 and field work has been conducted there on a regular basis since 1997, and is ongoing.
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Blombos Cave ⓘ
archaeological site in Western Cape, South Africa -
Jongensgat ⓘ
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Blombos Cave - deposit layers
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Blombos Cave stratigraphy- Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa: Preliminary Report on the 1992–1999 Excavations of the Middle Stone Age Levels - article, Q1860, 2001
- Heat-induced alteration of glauconitic minerals in the Middle Stone Age levels of Blombos Cave, South Africa: Implications for evaluating site structure and burning events - scholarly article by Magnus M. Haaland published in October 2017, Q1860
- Additional human remains from Blombos Cave, South Africa: (1999-2000 excavations) - scientific article (publication date: March 2002), Q1860
- Bone Artefacts from the Middle Stone Age at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa - article, 1997
- Zooarchaeological tests for modern human behaviour at Blombos Cave and Pinnacle Point Cave 13B, southwestern Cape, South Africa - article, 2009
- Subsistence strategies during the Late Pleistocene in the southern Cape of South Africa: Comparing the Still Bay of Blombos Cave with the Howiesons Poort of Klipdrift Shelter - scientific article published on 18 May 2017, Q1860
- Return rates from intertidal foraging from Blombos Cave to Pinnacle Point: Understanding early human economies - scientific article published on 25 February 2016, Q1860
- Optical dating of dune sand from Blombos Cave, South Africa: I--multiple grain data - scientific article, 2003
- Thinking strings: additional evidence for personal ornament use in the Middle Stone Age at Blombos Cave, South Africa - scientific article published on 14 March 2013, Q1860
- An early bone tool industry from the Middle Stone Age at Blombos Cave, South Africa: implications for the origins of modern human behaviour, symbolism and language - scientific article (publication date: December 2001), Q1860
- Extending the chronology of deposits at Blombos Cave, South Africa, back to 140 ka using optical dating of single and multiple grains of quartz. - scientific article published on 22 April 2006, Q1860
- Taphonomic analysis of the Middle Stone Age larger mammal faunal assemblage from Blombos Cave, southern Cape, South Africa - scientific article published on April 5, 2011, Q1860, online
- The Still Bay points of Blombos Cave (South Africa) - article, Q1860, 2009
- TL DATING OF BURNT LITHICS FROM BLOMBOS CAVE (SOUTH AFRICA): FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR THE ANTIQUITY OF MODERN HUMAN BEHAVIOUR* - article, 2006
- Human remains from Blombos Cave, South Africa: (1997-1998 excavations). - scientific article, Q1860, 2000
- Nutritional values of tortoises relative to ungulates from the Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa: Implications for foraging and social behaviour - scientific article published on 11 January 2014, Q1860, online
- Intra-Site Variability in the Still Bay Fauna at Blombos Cave: Implications for Explanatory Models of the Middle Stone Age Cultural and Technological Evolution - scientific article, Q1860, 2015
- Tortoise taphonomy and tortoise butchery patterns at Blombos Cave, South Africa - article, Q1860, 2014
- Rock Hyraxes (Procavia capensis) from Middle Stone Age Levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa - article, Q1860, 2014
- A 100,000-year-old ochre-processing workshop at Blombos Cave, South Africa - scientific article published in October 2011, Q1860
- The Small Mammal Sequence from the c. 76 - 72 ka Still Bay Levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa - Taphonomic and Palaeoecological Implications for Human Behaviour - scientific article, Q1860, 2016
- Engraved ochres from the Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa - scientific article published on 31 May 2009, Q1860
- Diachronic Change within the Still Bay at Blombos Cave, South Africa - scientific article published on 2 July 2015, Q1860
- An abstract drawing from the 73,000-year-old levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa - scientific article published on 12 September 2018, Q1860
- Identifying the Collector: Evidence for Human Processing of the Cape Dune Mole-Rat,Bathyergus suillus, from Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa - article, Q1860, 1997
- An engraved bone fragment from c. 70,000-year-old Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa: implications for the origin of symbolism and language - article, Q1860, 2001
- Early use of pressure flaking on lithic artifacts at Blombos Cave, South Africa - scientific article, Q1860, 2010
- Nassarius kraussianus shell beads from Blombos Cave: evidence for symbolic behaviour in the Middle Stone Age. - scientific article, Q1860, 2004
- Optical dating of dune sand from Blombos Cave, South Africa: II--single grain data. - scientific article, 2003
- The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort at Sibudu and Blombos: Understanding Middle Stone Age Technologies - scientific article, Q1860, 2015
- Assessing the Accidental Versus Deliberate Colour Modification of Shell Beads: a Case Study on PerforatedNassarius kraussianusfrom Blombos Cave Middle Stone Age levels - scholarly article by F. d'Errico et al published 20 November 2013 in Archaeometry
- An improved OSL chronology for the Still Bay layers at Blombos Cave, South Africa: further tests of single-grain dating procedures and a re-evaluation of the timing of the Still Bay industry across southern Africa - article, Q1860, 2013
- Techno-Cultural Characterization of the MIS 5 (c. 105 - 90 Ka) Lithic Industries at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa - scientific article published on 18 November 2015, Q1860
- A revised chronology for pastoralism in southernmost Africa: new evidence of sheep at c. 2000 b.p. from Blombos Cave, South Africa - article, Q1860, 1996
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | cave | Blombos Cave | cave with prehistoric art, archaeological site, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Jongensgat | cave | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Blombos locality map small | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Blombos Cave - deposit layers | Commons | ||
| commons | image | BBC-shell-beads | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Blombos | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Blombos point | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Blombos point white | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Localisation Blombos | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Blombo | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Blombos Cave location | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Blombos Cave stratigraphy | Commons | ||
