New radiocarbon dates for Matjes River Rock Shelter

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dc.contributor.authorSealy, Judith
dc.contributor.authorLudwig, Ben
dc.contributor.authorHenderson, Zoe
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-01T10:46:36Z
dc.date.available2016-07-01T10:46:36Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.updated2015-12-21T09:17:27Z
dc.description.abstractMatjes River Rock Shelter is a key site for the Later Stone Age in South Africa. Early excavations were, however, crude, and we have only a very broad picture of the sequence uncovered by Dreyer (1933) and Hoffman and Meiring (Hoffman 1958, 1962; Louw 1960). More detailed work by Hilary Deacon and Willemien Dockel in the early 1990s provided better resolution on the lower part of the sequence, but in the areas in which they worked, the upper layers were unfortunately no longer preserved (Dockel 1998). Nearly all the previously published radiocarbon dates for Matjes River are for the lower levels.We present here a series of recent radiocarbon determinations, most of them for materials derived from the upper levels. Some of these results have been published (Sealy and Pfeiffer 2000), but many are new. Here, we explore the implications of the suite of dates for the sequence at the site.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSealy, J., Ludwig, B., & Henderson, Z. (2006). New radiocarbon dates for Matjes River Rock Shelter. <i>South African Archaeological Bulletin</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20177en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSealy, Judith, Ben Ludwig, and Zoe Henderson "New radiocarbon dates for Matjes River Rock Shelter." <i>South African Archaeological Bulletin</i> (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20177en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSealy, J., Ludwig, B., & Henderson, Z. (2006). New radiocarbon dates for Matjes River rock shelter. The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 98-101.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0038-1969en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Sealy, Judith AU - Ludwig, Ben AU - Henderson, Zoe AB - Matjes River Rock Shelter is a key site for the Later Stone Age in South Africa. Early excavations were, however, crude, and we have only a very broad picture of the sequence uncovered by Dreyer (1933) and Hoffman and Meiring (Hoffman 1958, 1962; Louw 1960). More detailed work by Hilary Deacon and Willemien Dockel in the early 1990s provided better resolution on the lower part of the sequence, but in the areas in which they worked, the upper layers were unfortunately no longer preserved (Dockel 1998). Nearly all the previously published radiocarbon dates for Matjes River are for the lower levels.We present here a series of recent radiocarbon determinations, most of them for materials derived from the upper levels. Some of these results have been published (Sealy and Pfeiffer 2000), but many are new. Here, we explore the implications of the suite of dates for the sequence at the site. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Archaeological Bulletin KW - Matjes River Rock Shelter KW - Later Stone Age KW - South Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 SM - 0038-1969 T1 - New radiocarbon dates for Matjes River Rock Shelter TI - New radiocarbon dates for Matjes River Rock Shelter UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20177 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20177
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSealy J, Ludwig B, Henderson Z. New radiocarbon dates for Matjes River Rock Shelter. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 2006; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20177.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Archaeological Societyen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Archaeological Bulletinen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.archaeologysa.co.za/saab
dc.subjectMatjes River Rock Shelter
dc.subjectLater Stone Age
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.titleNew radiocarbon dates for Matjes River Rock Shelteren_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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