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DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.027
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84887331982
论文题名:
Mid-Pleistocene Hominin occupation at Elandsfontein, Western Cape, South Africa
作者: Braun D.R.; Levin N.E.; Stynder D.; Herries A.I.R.; Archer W.; Forrest F.; Roberts D.L.; Bishop L.C.; Matthews T.; Lehmann S.B.; Pickering R.; Fitzsimmons K.E.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2013
卷: 82
起始页码: 145
结束页码: 166
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Acheulean ; Archaeology ; Paleoanthropology ; Paleoenvironments ; Pleistocene ; South Africa
Scopus关键词: Forestry ; Geochronology ; Groundwater ; Rain ; Acheulean ; Archaeology ; Paleoanthropology ; Paleoenvironments ; Pleistocene ; South Africa ; Ecosystems ; archaeology ; climatic region ; dune ; habitat availability ; hominid ; land surface ; latitude ; paleontology ; Pleistocene ; South Africa ; Western Cape
英文摘要: The current understanding of landscape scale variation in mid-Pleistocene hominin behavior is limited. Most of our understanding derives from a few localities in eastern Africa. Consequently, we know very little about hominin landscape use outside this region, despite the fact that mid-Pleistocene hominins occupied other climatic zones including temperate, and mid-latitude ecosystems. The winter rainfall zone in South Africa represents one of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Although mammal diversity is relatively low in these habitats this is compensated by the tremendous floral diversity. Buried Pleistocene land surfaces in the region provide an opportunity to understand how humans adapted to this unique, mid-latitude environment prior to the Last Interglacial. The dunefield locality of Elandsfontein in the Western Cape of South Africa is one of the richest known paleontological and archeological sites in southern Africa. It records details of landscape formation history, enabling detailed reconstruction of the ancient environments in this winter rainfall-dominated region. This dunefield archive allows us to posit the taphonomic history of newly excavated archaeological material and previously collected specimens. Here we provide initial results from the excavation and geological analysis of the Elandsfontein dunefield and provide new insights into the formation history of the archaeological and paleontological deposits. This includes indications of multiple pedogenic intervals and groundwater table fluctuations. The combination of geological, paleontological and archaeological data provides a framework for evaluating how hominins interacted with the unique ecosystems of the Cape Floral Region of South Africa during the mid-Pleistocene. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/60442
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作者单位: Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa; Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, United States; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States; Australian Archaeomagnetism Laboratory, Department of Archaeology, Environment and Community Planning, La Trobe University, Melbourne Campus, Bundoora 3086, VIC, Australia; Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Department of Anthropology, City University of New York and NYCEP, Flushing, NY 11367, United States; Council for Geoscience, PO Box 572, Bellville 7535, South Africa; Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, United Kingdom; Department of Natural History, Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa; School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, McCoy Building, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia

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Braun D.R.,Levin N.E.,Stynder D.,et al. Mid-Pleistocene Hominin occupation at Elandsfontein, Western Cape, South Africa[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2013-01-01,82
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