(e) Phase 2a point of fine silcrete, with areas of cortex in the center part (P 70, layer CD). The MSA layers of occupation yielded an array of artifacts. (1–2) Phase 1, P 29, rolled cortex on the right side; PVN 95, rolled cortex on the left side. Plan and stratigraphy of Blombos Cave. Van Bergen, B. (2009), Recent additions, changes and updates to Don's Maps, Aboriginal art on the Northern Tablelands of NSW, Access to Mihi Gorge and to Salisbury Waters below the junction with Mihi Creek, Amelana's Cave - Third Cave of the Zelandonii That Watches Over the Most Ancient Sacred Site, Ancient Egyptian Culture, Mummies, Statues, Burial Practices and Artefacts 4, Ancient Egyptian culture from the 11th Dynasty to the end of the 17th Dynasty, Ancient Egyptian culture from the 18th Dynasty to the end of the 20th Dynasty, Artefacts of the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest, Australopithecus robustus - Paranthropus robustus, Avdeevo - a Paleolithic site with strong links to Kostenki, Bara Bahau Cave - La Grotte de Bara Bahau - Ice Age Cave Art, Batavia - the journey, the shipwreck and the massacre, Bear and cavebear in fact, myth and legend, Boundary Creek to Grassy Creek - World Heritage Walk, Brady Creek and the nearby galleries - an Aboriginal Rock Art site in Northern Queensland, Brassempouy Venus - Ayla from the EC series, British Mousterian and earlier tools and sites, Brown Ivory Figurine, or Abrachiale, a venus of fossilised ivory from Balzi Rossi, Bushwalking, Hiking and Tramping in New Zealand, Canoe designs of the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest, Canoes of the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest, Cap Blanc Abri - a frieze of prehistoric sculptures, Carnarvon Gorge, in the spectacular and rugged ranges of Queensland's central highlands, Carnarvon Gorge - an Aboriginal Rock Stencil Art site, with engravings of vulvas, emu and kangaroo tracks, Cave Paintings - Location Maps and Themes, Caves and Rock Shelters on the North coast of Spain, Cedar Bentwood Chests of the First Nations of the Pacific North West, Chandler River - Lower reaches, bushwalking and hiking, Chapelle-aux-Saints - the Neanderthal / Neandertal skeleton, Clan of the Cave Bear Travel Map - English, Clan of the Cave Bear Travel Map - French, Clickable map of the Shelters of Stone area in the Land of Painted Caves, Vezere Valley, Clothing, Masks and Weaving of the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest, Columbian Mammoths and Bison Petroglyphs from Utah, Combarelles - Les Combarelles in the Dordogne, Combe-Capelle, a Neanderthal site in Southern France, Combe Grenal - a Neanderthal site in the Dordogne valley, France, Coptic and Islamic textiles and other art works from Egypt and neighbouring areas, Crimean Peninsula - Sudak, the Clan fishing site, Cuina Turcului - a rock shelter in the Iron Gates gorges of the Danube, Danube Journey from the delta to the source, De l'embouchure du Danube à première neige d'après le Grand Voyage, De la première neige aux mammouths d'après le Grand Voyage. South African Rock paintings in the Cedar Mountains. The ancient drawing was unearthed in Blombos Cave, some 200 miles east of Cape Town. This and other early African sites have produced engraved ostrich eggshells and snail shells pierced for stringing and bodily adornment; these… Scale bars = 1 cm. Blombos Cave ochre and artefacts. The origin of modern human behavior. Blombos Cave shell. Interior cave deposits, including those in recesses, cover more than 80 square metres. Thousands of pieces of ochre have been recovered from MSA levels. This site, overlooking the Indian Ocean, has revealed evidence of modern human behaviors existing 75,000 years ago. About 20 square metres of the Middle Stone Age (MSA) has been excavated to a depth of about 2 metres below the original surface. (c) Phase 3 point with a narrow straight base of coarse silcrete (PVN 7, layer CD). 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(f) Phase 3 of fine silcrete (P 42, layer CB), the break is an oblique lateral snap with a curved profile. 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