New radiometric ages for the Fauresmith industry from Kathu Pan, southern Africa: Implications for the Earlier to Middle Stone Age transition

Date

2010

Authors

Porat, Naomi
Chazan, Michael
Grun, Rainer
Aubert, Maxime
Eisenmann, Vera
Horwitz, Liora Kolska

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Elsevier

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The Fauresmith lithic industry of South Africa has been described as transitional between the Earlier and Middle Stone Age. However, radiometric ages for this industry are inadequate. Here we present a minimum OSL age of 464 ± 47 kyr and a combined U-ser

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Keywords: archaeological evidence; hominid; industrial production; lithostratigraphy; luminescence dating; Mesolithic; osmium isotope; radiometric method; uranium series dating; Africa; South Africa; Southern Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Homo sapiens Blade production; Earlier Stone Age; ESR; Fauresmith; Kathu Pan; Later Stone Age; Middle Stone Age; OSL; Prepared core technology

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/18556

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ANU Research Publications

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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Journal article

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10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.038

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2037-12-31

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