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Artefak Awal zaman
batu yang ditemukan di Northern Cape
Afrika Selatan
Penggalian
di situs arkeologi di Kathu di Northern Cape Provinsi Afrika Selatan telah
menghasilkan puluhan ribu artefak awal zaman batu , termasuk tangan
kapak dan alat-alat lain.
Earlier Stone Age artifacts found in Northern Cape of South Africa
Date:
July 24,
2014
Source:
University of Toronto
Summary:
Excavations at an archaeological site at Kathu in the
Northern Cape province of South Africa have produced tens of thousands of Earlier
Stone Age artifacts, including hand axes and other tools.
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Excavations at an archaeological site at Kathu in the
Northern Cape province of South Africa have produced tens of thousands of
Earlier Stone Age artifacts, including hand axes and other tools. These
discoveries were made by archaeologists from the University of Cape Town (UCT),
South Africa and the University of Toronto (U of T), in collaboration with the
McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa.
The archaeologists'
research on the Kathu Townlands site, one of the richest early prehistoric
archaeological sites in South Africa, was published in the journal, PLOS ONE,
on 24 July 2014. It is estimated that the site is between 700,000 and one
million years old.
Steven James
Walker from the Department of Archaeology at UCT, lead author of the journal
paper, says: "The site is amazing and it is threatened. We've been working
well with developers as well as the South African Heritage Resources Agency to
preserve it, but the town of Kathu is rapidly expanding around the site. It
might get cut off on all sides by development and this would be
regrettable."
Today, Kathu
is a major iron mining centre. Walker adds that the fact that such an extensive
prehistoric site is located in the middle of a zone of intensive development
poses a unique challenge for archaeologists and developers to find strategies
to work cooperatively.
The Kathu
Townlands site is one component of a grouping of prehistoric sites known as the
Kathu Complex. Other sites in the complex include Kathu Pan 1 which has
produced fossils of animals such as elephants and hippos, as well as the
earliest known evidence of tools used as spears from a level dated to half a
million years ago.
Michael
Chazan, Director of the Archaeology Centre at U of T, emphasizes the scientific
challenge posed by the density of the traces of early human activity in this
area.
"We
need to imagine a landscape around Kathu that supported large populations of
human ancestors, as well as large animals like hippos. All indications suggest
that Kathu was much wetter, maybe more like the Okavango than the Kalahari.
There is no question that the Kathu Complex presents unique opportunities to
investigate the evolution of human ancestors in Southern Africa."
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Source:
The above
story is based on materials provided by University of Toronto. Note: Materials may be edited
for content and length.
Journal
Reference:
- Steven J. H. Walker, Vasa Lukich, Michael Chazan. Kathu Townlands: A High Density Earlier Stone Age Locality in the Interior of South Africa. , July 24, 2014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103436
