The Acheulean in South Africa, with announcement of a new site (Penhill Farm) in the lower Sundays River Valley, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorLotter, Matt Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorKuman, Kathleen
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-23T16:09:36Z
dc.date.issued2017-10
dc.description.abstractOur understanding of the South African Acheulean is heavily biased towards sites located in the interior of the country, namely in the Cradle of Humankind and those located along the Vaal and Orange Rivers. Although these sites have contributed significantly to our understanding of this complex tradition, our interpretations are often limited due to issues with site and assemblage preservation, and dating. It is therefore necessary to locate, excavate, and describe new sites and assemblages from a wider range of environments so that we can understand crucial aspects of hominid behaviour within a variety of ecological, climatological, and environmental contexts. Only two Acheulean sites have been recorded in the Eastern Cape Province (e.g., Amanzi Springs and Geelhoutboom) and of these only one has ever been excavated (Amanzi Springs). As a result there have been no well-described and dated Acheulean assemblages in this province, even though several authors have noted the presence of this material. This paper provides an introduction to a new study region in South Africa: the lower Sundays River Valley. By providing a detailed review of the South African Acheulean, we discuss the significance of this new study region in relation to our wider understanding of the South African Acheulean.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentAnthropology and Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2018-10-12
dc.description.librarianhj2017en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the University of Pretoria and the University of the Witwatersrand, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST) and its Scatterlings of Africa programs, which provided bursary support to MGL, and the National Research Foundation (NRF). KK acknowledges the NRF (grant number 81782) for fieldwork costs and bursary support.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/locate/quainten_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLotter, M.G., Kuman, K., The Acheulean in South Africa, with announcement of a new site (Penhill Farm) in the lower Sundays River Valley, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Quaternary International (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.0 8.065. NYP.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1040-6182
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.quaint.2017.08.065
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/62876
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Quaternary International. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Quaternary International, vol. x, pp. z-zz, 2017. doi : 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.08.065.en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African Acheuleanen_ZA
dc.subjectAcheuleanen_ZA
dc.subjectSundays River Valleyen_ZA
dc.subjectEastern Cape Province, South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleThe Acheulean in South Africa, with announcement of a new site (Penhill Farm) in the lower Sundays River Valley, Eastern Cape Province, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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