Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9485968 | Journal of Human Evolution | 2005 | 22 Pages |
Abstract
Thirty-one beads were found in four groups of five to twelve beads, each group being recovered in a single square or in two adjacent sub-squares during a single excavation day. Within a group, shells display a similar shade, use-wear pattern and perforation size suggesting their provenance from the same beadwork item, lost or disposed during a single event. The likely symbolic significance of these finds suggests levels of cognitively modern behaviour not previously associated with MSA people.
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Authors
Francesco d'Errico, Christopher Henshilwood, Marian Vanhaeren, Karen van Niekerk,