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Pinnacle Point

Pinnacle Point is a small promontory immediately south of Mossel Bay, a town on the southern coast of South Africa. Excavations since the year 2000 of a series of caves at Pinnacle Point, first recognized and documented in 1997 by South African professional archaeologists, Jonathan Kaplan and Peter Nilssen, have revealed occupation by Middle Stone Age…

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Location
Mossel Bay, Western Cape Province
Criteria
Cultural: iii, iv, v
Inscription
2024 (46th Session)
Official name
Pinnacle Point Site Complex
Part of
The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa

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Pinnacle Point 13B and its implications for modern behaviour

Provincial heritage site

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related to history · 21
Pinnacle Point → Africa, After, Archaeology Program, Arizona State University, As, At, Australia, Curtis Marean, France, Homo, Human Origins, Institute, Israel, Iziko South African Museum, Kaplan, La Trobe University, Nilssen, South Africa, The, UCT
related to Provincial heritage site · 17
Pinnacle Point → Blombos Cave, Border Cave, December, Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Heritage Western Cape, In, Klasies River Caves, National Heritage Resources Act, On, Section, Sibudu Cave, South African, This, Three, UNESCO, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Status
related to Pinnacle Point 13B and its implications for modern behaviour · 8
Pinnacle Point → Also, At PP13B, Blombos Cave, PP13B, The, These, This, Though
related to External links · 2
Pinnacle Point → SAHRA, Site
Coordinates · 1
Pinnacle Point → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…
Criteria · 1
Pinnacle Point → Cultural: iii, iv, v
Inscription · 1
Pinnacle Point → 2024 (46th Session)
Location · 1
Pinnacle Point → Mossel Bay, Western Cape Province
Official name · 1
Pinnacle Point → Pinnacle Point Site Complex
Part of · 1
Pinnacle Point → The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa

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Pinnacle PointCriteriaCultural: iii, iv, v1.00infobox
Pinnacle PointInscription2024 (46th Session)1.00infobox
Pinnacle PointLocationMossel Bay, Western Cape Province1.00infobox
Pinnacle PointOfficial namePinnacle Point Site Complex1.00infobox
Pinnacle PointPart ofThe Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa1.00infobox
Pinnacle Pointis asmall promontory immediately south of Mossel Bay0.90text
Pinnacle Pointrelated to External linksSite0.60section
Pinnacle Pointrelated to External linksSAHRA0.60section
Pinnacle Pointrelated to historyAfter0.60section
Pinnacle Pointrelated to historyKaplan0.60section
Pinnacle Pointrelated to historyNilssen0.60section

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