caa a22 4500 605448760 CHVBK 20210128100138.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10437-015-9204-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10437-015-9204-9 Palynology of Holocene Deposits in Excavation 1 at Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape (South Africa) [Elektronische Daten] [L. Scott, J. Thackeray] 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. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Pollen nationallicence Cave deposits nationallicence Kalahari nationallicence Vegetation nationallicence Climate change nationallicence Scott L. Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, 9301, Bloemfontein, South Africa aut Thackeray J. Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa aut African Archaeological Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/4(2015-12-01), 839-855 0263-0338 32:4<839 2015 32 10437 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-015-9204-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-015-9204-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Scott L. Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, 9301, Bloemfontein, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thackeray J. Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- African Archaeological Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/4(2015-12-01), 839-855 0263-0338 32:4<839 2015 32 10437