Palynology of Holocene Deposits in Excavation 1 at Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape (South Africa)

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[L. Scott, J. Thackeray]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
African Archaeological Review, 32/4(2015-12-01), 839-855
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape Province (South Africa) is one of few sites in the subcontinent where fossil pollen has been preserved in Holocene cave floor deposits. With the exception of biogenic deposits and stalagmite layers near the cave opening, older material has yielded no pollen. Pollen recorded in previous and new samples from late Pleistocene-Holocene deposits in Excavation 1 at the cave are combined in a calibrated age model based on a selection of published radiocarbon dates. The results confirm patterns observed previously by the late E. M. van Zinderen Bakker, but a new interpretation of the environmental implications and history of the pollen sequence at the site is proposed, viz., dry karroid vegetation in the early Holocene and relatively humid grassy conditions between ca. 5,500 and 4,400calyr BP. The results are consistent with those of microfaunal and isotopic studies, and form part of growing proxy evidence for past environmental conditions in the South African interior. 
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