A preliminary estimate of the age of the Gladysvale australopithecine site

dc.contributor.author	Berger, Lee R
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-08T07:33:54Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-08T07:33:54Z
dc.date.issued	1993
dc.description.abstract	Excavations conducted at the Gladysvale site in the Transvaal, South Africa during 1991 -1992 have revealed an abundant Plio-Pleistocene fossil fauna from the limeworks breccia dumps and in situ decalcified deposits. To date, over 600 specifically identifiable macro-mammalian specimens have been recovered including the remains of Australopithecus. These identifications have revealed that the Gladysvale site has an extremely diverse macro-mammalian faunal assemblage equal to many other South African Plio-Pleistocene fossil sites. Comparison of the Gladysvale macromammalian fauna with those of the other early hominid-associated sites in South Africa indicates an age for the deposit(s) at Gladysvale between 1.7- 2.5 m.a.. ln addition, the Kromdraai A macromammalian assemblage is considered to be closer in age to the Gladysvale assemblage than any other South African faunal assemblage.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	John Vorster, Norman Segal, David Pfeiffer	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0078-8554
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/16228
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research	en_ZA
dc.subject	australopithecus	en_ZA
dc.subject	Gladysvale	en_ZA
dc.subject	macro-mammalian chronology	en_ZA
dc.title	A preliminary estimate of the age of the Gladysvale australopithecine site	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA

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