The Cave of Hearths: Makapan Middle Pleistocene Research Project: Field research by Anthony Sinclair and Patrick Quinney, 1996-2001

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This volume represents the efforts of a significant collaborative project and provides a completely up-to-date interpretation of the Cave of Hearths (Makapan Cave Valley, Limpopo Province, South Africa), which has played a key role in furthering knowledge of hominin prehistory and evolution in southern Africa. This work provides new analyses and interpretations of this important site and its archaeology, geology and palaeontology. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgments. Contents. Illustrations. Tables. Foreword. Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. An Overview of the Archaeological History of the Cave of Hearths and its Lithic Assemblages Chapter 3. An Overview of the Physical Setting of Makapan Chapter 4. The Formation and Sedimentary Infilling of the Cave of Hearths and Gwasa/Historic Cave Complex, Makapan, South Africa Chapter 5. Archaeomagnetic Studies at the Cave of Hearths Chapter 6. The Taphonomy of the Cave of Hearths Acheulean Faunal Assemblage Chapter 7. The ESA Stone Tool Assemblage from the Cave of Hearths, Beds 1 - 3 Chapter 8. The MSA Stone Tool Assemblage from the Cave of Hearths, Beds 4-9 Chapter 9. The Mandible from Bed 3, Cave of Hearths Chapter 10. Overview and Broader Significance of the ESA and MSA at the Cave of Hearths Appendix 5.1. Details of the Magnetic Analyses Appendix 7.1. Lithic Recording Appendix 8.1. Appendix 8.2. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Locally-Sourced Black Quartzite Appendix 8.3. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Locally-Sourced Grey Quartzite Appendix 8.4. The Frequency of Technological Debitage Types by Spit for Locally-Sourced Andesite Appendix 8.5. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Locally-Sourced Chert Appendix 8.6. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Locally Sourced Quartz Appendix 8.7. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Locally-Sourced(?) Indurated Shale Appendix 8.8. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Hornfels Appendix 8.9. The Frequency of Debitage Pieces by Technological Type and Spit for Felsite Bibliography.