Also known as ETE Locality 687, Dikbosch 1,
Where: Orange Free, South Africa (28.7° S, 23.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.7° S, 23.8° E)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 8613770 +- 130; 1720 +- 40; Late Stone Age; Two separate occupations?; dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave; sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1979. Paleoenvironmental and Cultural Implications of Late Holocene Archaeological Faunas from the Orange Free State and North Central Cape Province, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 34:34-49 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21868: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal | |
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose | |
Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes gnou, Oreotragus oreotragus, Sylvicapra grimmia, Redunca fulvorufula, Ovis aries, Raphicerus campestris, Antidorcas marsupialis, Taurotragus oryx
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758 domestic sheep
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Rhinocerotidae
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