Dated Rock Engravings from Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa

Francis Thackeray · Peter B. Beaumont · John C. Vogel

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Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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Radiocarbon dates associated with engraved stones from sealed archeological deposits at Wonderwerk Cave in the northern Cape Province indicate that rock engraving in South Africa is at least 10,000 years old.

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