ammonites
Blombos Cave (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (34.4° S, 21.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° S, 21.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 100 ka - 70 ka

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: C. S. Henshilwood, J. C. Sealy, R. Yates, K. Cruz-Uribe, P. Goldberg, F. E. Grine, R. G. Klein, C. Poggenpoel, K. Niekerk and I. Watts. 2001. Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa: Preliminary Report on the 1992–1999 Excavations of the Middle Stone Age Levels. Journal of Archaeological Science 28:421-448 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 115167: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.08.2011