Book contents
- African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
- African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Modern Africa and Overview of Late Cenozoic Paleoenvironments
- Part II Southern Africa
- 6 The Southern African Sites
- 7 Geology, Fauna, and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions of the Makapansgat Limeworks Australopithecus africanus-Bearing Paleo-Cave
- 8 Paleoenvironments and the Context of Plio-Pleistocene Hominins at Kromdraai, South Africa
- 9 Using the Faunal Community to Determine the Local Ecology for Early Hominins at Cooper’s Cave at 1.5 Ma
- 10 The Paleoenvironments of Sterkfontein
- 11 Swartkrans: A Record of Paleoenvironmental Change in the Cradle of Humankind
- 12 Cornelia-Uitzoek: Paleoecology, Archeology, and Geochronology
- 13 The Paleoecology of the Australopithecus africanus Type Site at Taung, South Africa
- 14 Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape Province: An Early–Middle Pleistocene Paleoenvironmental Sequence for the Interior of South Africa
- Part III Eastern and Central Africa
- Part IV Northern Africa
- Volume References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
14 - Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape Province: An Early–Middle Pleistocene Paleoenvironmental Sequence for the Interior of South Africa
from Part II - Southern Africa
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
- African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
- African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Modern Africa and Overview of Late Cenozoic Paleoenvironments
- Part II Southern Africa
- 6 The Southern African Sites
- 7 Geology, Fauna, and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions of the Makapansgat Limeworks Australopithecus africanus-Bearing Paleo-Cave
- 8 Paleoenvironments and the Context of Plio-Pleistocene Hominins at Kromdraai, South Africa
- 9 Using the Faunal Community to Determine the Local Ecology for Early Hominins at Cooper’s Cave at 1.5 Ma
- 10 The Paleoenvironments of Sterkfontein
- 11 Swartkrans: A Record of Paleoenvironmental Change in the Cradle of Humankind
- 12 Cornelia-Uitzoek: Paleoecology, Archeology, and Geochronology
- 13 The Paleoecology of the Australopithecus africanus Type Site at Taung, South Africa
- 14 Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape Province: An Early–Middle Pleistocene Paleoenvironmental Sequence for the Interior of South Africa
- Part III Eastern and Central Africa
- Part IV Northern Africa
- Volume References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
Localities in the interior of South Africa, such as Taung and Vaal River sites, were intensively researched after hominins were discovered (Péringuey, 1911; Dart, 1925a; Goodwin, 1928), but then neglected for the fossil-rich, dolomitic breccia sites in Gauteng Province (e.g., Cooke, 1963, 1967; Vrba, 1976; Brain, 1981, Brain and Sillen, 1988; Bamford, 1999; Pickering and Kramers, 2010; Herries and Shaw, 2011; Reynolds et al., 2011; Lee-Thorp and Sponheimer, 2013). Recently, knowledge of the interior region has increased, following excavations at Florisbad (Brink, 1988; Kuman et al., 1999; Toffolo et al., 2015), Taung, including Equus Cave (Scott, 1987; Klein et al., 1991; McKee and Tobias, 1994; Lee-Thorp and Beaumont, 1995; Johnson et al., 1997; Hopley et al., 2013; McKee, 2016), Canteen Kopje (Beaumont, 1990, 2004; McNabb and Beaumont, 2011; Smith et al., 2012; Lotter et al., 2016), Pniel (Beaumont, 1990; Kunneriath and Gaillard, 2010; Hutson, 2018), Erfkroon (Churchill et al., 2000a; Brink et al., 2015a), Bundu Farm (Kiberd, 2006; Hutson, 2018), Cornelia (Brink et al., 2012; Toffolo et al., 2019) and the Kathu Complex (Porat et al., 2010; Wilkins and Chazan, 2012; Wilkins et al., 2012; Walker et al., 2014; Lukich et al., 2019, 2020).
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- African Paleoecology and Human Evolution , pp. 142 - 160Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022