Kathu townlands: a high density earlier stone age locality in the interior of South Africa

dc.contributor.authorWalker, Steven J Hen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLukich, Vasaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChazan, Michaelen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-18T07:07:49Z
dc.date.available2015-11-18T07:07:49Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.description.abstractKathu Townlands is a high density Earlier Stone Age locality in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Here we present the first detailed information on this locality based on analysis of a sample of lithic material from excavations by P. Beaumont and field observations made in the course of fieldwork in 2013. The results confirm the remarkably high artefact density at Kathu Townlands and do not provide evidence consistent with high energy transport as a mechanism of site formation, suggesting that Kathu Townlands was the site of intensive exploitation of highly siliceous outcroppings of banded iron formation. The results presented here provide a first step towards understanding this complex locality and point to the need for further research and the importance of preserving this locality in the face of intensive and rapid development.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWalker, S. J. H., Lukich, V., & Chazan, M. (2014). Kathu townlands: a high density earlier stone age locality in the interior of South Africa. <i>PLoS One</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15128en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWalker, Steven J H, Vasa Lukich, and Michael Chazan "Kathu townlands: a high density earlier stone age locality in the interior of South Africa." <i>PLoS One</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15128en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWalker, S. J., Lukich, V., & Chazan, M. (2013). Kathu townlands: a high density earlier stone age locality in the interior of South Africa. PloS one, 9(7), e103436. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103436en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Walker, Steven J H AU - Lukich, Vasa AU - Chazan, Michael AB - Kathu Townlands is a high density Earlier Stone Age locality in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Here we present the first detailed information on this locality based on analysis of a sample of lithic material from excavations by P. Beaumont and field observations made in the course of fieldwork in 2013. The results confirm the remarkably high artefact density at Kathu Townlands and do not provide evidence consistent with high energy transport as a mechanism of site formation, suggesting that Kathu Townlands was the site of intensive exploitation of highly siliceous outcroppings of banded iron formation. The results presented here provide a first step towards understanding this complex locality and point to the need for further research and the importance of preserving this locality in the face of intensive and rapid development. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0103436 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - PLoS One LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Kathu townlands: a high density earlier stone age locality in the interior of South Africa TI - Kathu townlands: a high density earlier stone age locality in the interior of South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15128 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15128
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103436
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWalker SJH, Lukich V, Chazan M. Kathu townlands: a high density earlier stone age locality in the interior of South Africa. PLoS One. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15128.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_ZA
dc.rights.holder© 2014 Walker et alen_ZA
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dc.sourcePLoS Oneen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://journals.plos.org/plosoneen_ZA
dc.subject.otherArchaeologyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPaleoanthropologyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherArchaeological excavationen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHuman evolutionen_ZA
dc.subject.otherProfessionsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherLithic technologyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherRaw materialsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPleistocene epochen_ZA
dc.titleKathu townlands: a high density earlier stone age locality in the interior of South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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