The Small Mammal Sequence from the c. 76 – 72 ka Still Bay Levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa – Taphonomic and Palaeoecological Implications for Human Behaviour

Turid Hillestad Nel; Christopher Stuart Henshilwood

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159817

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The Small Mammal Sequence from the c. 76 – 72 ka Still Bay Levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa – Taphonomic and Palaeoecological Implications for Human Behaviour

Turid Hillestad Nel ,

* E-mail: turhi@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Archaeology, History, Culture and Religion, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Christopher Stuart Henshilwood

Affiliations Department of Archaeology, History, Culture and Religion, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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The Small Mammal Sequence from the c. 76 – 72 ka Still Bay Levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa – Taphonomic and Palaeoecological Implications for Human Behaviour

Turid Hillestad Nel,
Christopher Stuart Henshilwood

Published: August 10, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159817

About the Authors

Turid Hillestad Nel

* E-mail: turhi@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Archaeology, History, Culture and Religion, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Christopher Stuart Henshilwood

Affiliations Department of Archaeology, History, Culture and Religion, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THN CSH. Performed the experiments: THN. Analyzed the data: THN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THN CSH. Wrote the paper: THN CSH.

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