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Border Cave

Border Cave is an archaeological site located in the western Lebombo Mountains in Kwazulu-Natal. The rock shelter has one of the longest archaeological records in southern Africa, which spans from the Middle Stone Age to the Iron Age.

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Length
48 kilometres (30 mi)

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Regional setting

Excavation history

Paleoanthropological findings

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Border Cave

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Border Cave

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related to Modern environment · 24
Border Cave → Acacia, Androstachys, Canthium, Combretum, Current, Dichrostachys, Diospyros, Endemism, Eragrostis, Eretia, Euclea, Euphorbia, Ingwavuma, Lebombo Summit Sourveld, Maputoland Center, Maytenus, Northern, Olea, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Spirostachys
related to Applicability of ethnographic analogy to the archaeological record · 20
Border Cave → Africa, Border Cave's, Border Cave's ELSA, BP, Edwin Wilmsen, ELSA, Errico, Francesco, In, Irven DeVore, James Denbow, Kalahari Debate, Kalahari San, One, Pleistocene, Pleistocene San, Richard Borshay Lee, San, The, These
related to Middle to Later Stone Age (MSA-LSA) transition · 20
Border Cave → Africa, African, Border Cave's, BP, Eswatini, Howiesons Poort, LSA, Mozambique, MSA, MSA-LSA, MSA/LSA, Niassa, Paola Villa, Researchers, Sibebe, Since LSA, The, The MSA/LSA, There, This
related to Regional setting · 19
Border Cave → Delagoa Bay, East, Ecca, Eswatini, Eswatini/South Africa, Jurassic, Karoo, Kwazulu, Lebombo Mountains, Ngwavuma, Pongolo Rivers, Rhyolites, Stormberg, The, The Jozini Rock Formation's, These, They, Usuthu, West
related to Paleoanthropological findings · 18
Border Cave → Amelie Beaudet, BC, BC1, BC1's, BC2, BC3, BC4, BC5, BC6, BC7, BC8a, BC8b, BP, ESR, Homo, Horton, Neanderthals, Researchers
related to Debates on human remains · 16
Border Cave → Africa, African, BC, BC3, BC5, Border Cave's, BP, Comparative, Homo, However, Infrared Splitting Factors, Klasies River Caves, MSA, Researchers, The, This
related to Paleoenvironment · 13
Border Cave → Angoni, Annual, Border Cave's, BP, In, Late Pleistocene, Lowveld, Lowveld/arid Lowveld, Mopane, Rodent, The, These, Zululand Thornveld
related to history · 8
Border Cave → Although Dart, Border Cave's, He, Horton, Horton's Pit, However, Middle Stone Age, Raymond Dart
related to Site dating · 4
Border Cave → Border Cave's, BP, Luminescence, Researchers
is a · 2
Border Cave → archaeological site located in the western Lebombo Mountains in Kwazulu-Natal, origin point for the MSA-LSA transition still remains unresolved

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border cave cave's remains researchers years msa site 000 human bp colleagues also modern age dating archaeological layers tools transition

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Border CaveLength48 kilometres (30 mi)1.00infobox
Border Caveis aarchaeological site located in the western Lebombo Mountains in Kwazulu-Natal0.90text
Border Caveis aorigin point for the MSA-LSA transition still remains unresolved0.90text
Homo erectusinstance ofbut also shares some traits in the bony labyrinth with fossil hominins0.80text
notched piecesinstance ofOther retouched tools0.80text
and denticulates occur in the MSA 3/post-HP layersinstance ofOther retouched tools0.80text
though in lesser quantities.The MSA 3/post-HP layers contain mostly unretouched triangular pointsinstance ofOther retouched tools0.80text
bushpiginstance ofOther animals0.80text
warthoginstance ofOther animals0.80text
chacma baboonsinstance ofOther animals0.80text
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