An engraved bone fragment from c. 70,000-year-old Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa: implications for the origin of symbolism and language
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Publication Date
June 2001
Publication Title
Antiquity
Volume Number
75
Issue Number
288
Abstract
Examination of marks on a bone from Blombos Cave reveals that they were intentionally engraved and there is evidence of bone working techniques at the site. Engraved designs have also been identified on pieces of ochre from Blombos Cave, suggesting such engraving was a symbolic act with symbolic meaning.
Keywords
Blombos Cave, Engrave, Bone, Symbolic
Geographic Subject
Blombos Cave, South Africa
Document Type
Article
Language
English
Identifier
SFS0044393_00001
Recommended Citation
d’Errico, Francesco and Henshilwood, Christopher, "An engraved bone fragment from c. 70,000-year-old Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa: implications for the origin of symbolism and language" (2001). KIP Articles. 147.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/147
