Newly discovered fossil- and artifact-bearing deposits, uranium-series ages, and Plio-Pleistocene hominids at Swartkrans Cave, South Africa Export

@article{citeulike:5459354, abstract = {We report on new research at Swartkrans Cave, South Africa, that provides evidence of two previously unrealized artifact- and fossil-bearing deposits. These deposits underlie a speleothem dated by the uranium-thorium disequilibrium technique to 110,000 ± 1,980 years old, the first tightly constrained, geochronological date available for the site. Recovered fauna from the two underlying deposits—including, prominently, the dental remains of Paranthropus ( Australopithecus ) robustus from the uppermost layer (Talus Cone Deposit)—indicate a significantly older, late Pliocene or early Pleistocene age for these units. The lowest unit (LB East Extension) is inferred to be an eastward extension of the well-known Lower Bank of Member 1, the earliest surviving infill represented at the site. The date acquired from the speleothem also sets the maximum age of a rich Middle Stone Age lithic assemblage.}, author = {Sutton, Morris B. and Pickering, Travis R. and Pickering, Robyn and Brain, C. K. and Clarke, Ronald J. and Heaton, Jason L. and Kuman, Kathleen}, citeulike-article-id = {5459354}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.05.014}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0047248409001110}, day = {15}, doi = {10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.05.014}, issn = {00472484}, journal = {Journal of Human Evolution}, keywords = {200908, afrique\_australe, chronologie, industrie-lithique, paleontologie, plio-pleistocene}, month = {August}, posted-at = {2009-08-25 10:56:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Newly discovered fossil- and artifact-bearing deposits, uranium-series ages, and Plio-Pleistocene hominids at Swartkrans Cave, South Africa}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.05.014}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5459354 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5459354 N2 - We report on new research at Swartkrans Cave, South Africa, that provides evidence of two previously unrealized artifact- and fossil-bearing deposits. These deposits underlie a speleothem dated by the uranium-thorium disequilibrium technique to 110,000 ± 1,980 years old, the first tightly constrained, geochronological date available for the site. Recovered fauna from the two underlying deposits—including, prominently, the dental remains of Paranthropus ( Australopithecus ) robustus from the uppermost layer (Talus Cone Deposit)—indicate a significantly older, late Pliocene or early Pleistocene age for these units. The lowest unit (LB East Extension) is inferred to be an eastward extension of the well-known Lower Bank of Member 1, the earliest surviving infill represented at the site. The date acquired from the speleothem also sets the maximum age of a rich Middle Stone Age lithic assemblage. JF - Journal of Human Evolution SN - 00472484 TI - Newly discovered fossil- and artifact-bearing deposits, uranium-series ages, and Plio-Pleistocene hominids at Swartkrans Cave, South Africa KW - 200908 KW - afrique_australe KW - chronologie KW - industrie-lithique KW - paleontologie KW - plio-pleistocene AU - Sutton, Morris AU - Pickering, Travis AU - Pickering, Robyn AU - Brain, CK AU - Clarke, Ronald AU - Heaton, Jason AU - Kuman, Kathleen PY - 2009/08/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.05.014 ER -