An Acheulean handaxe from Gladysvale Cave site, Gauteng, South Africa

Grant Hall; Robyn Pickering; Rodrigo Lacruz; John Hancox; Lee R. Berger; Peter Schmid

An Acheulean handaxe from Gladysvale Cave site, Gauteng, South Africa

Grant Hall, Robyn Pickering, Rodrigo Lacruz, John Hancox, Lee R. Berger, Peter Schmid

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Abstract

WE DESCRIBE A SINGLE HANDAXE FROM fossiliferous breccias at Gladysvale Cave, South Africa. The artefact is the only known tool so far discovered during the controlled excavations conducted at this site over the last decade, and was recovered from decalcified sediments near the stratigraphic interface of two breccia units, making it difficult to assign it with confidence to either. The morphology of the handaxe indicates a middle-late Acheulean industry, and preliminary electron spin resonance and palaeomagnetic dating suggest an age of greater than 780 000 years.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	103-105
Number of pages	3
Journal	South African Journal of Science
Volume	102
Issue number	3-4
State	Published - 2006

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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An Acheulean handaxe from Gladysvale Cave site, Gauteng, South Africa

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