Localities
Assemblages / Fauna
Early MSA
n=48
Blombos Cave
M2 lower [Pre-SB]; M3 [Pre-SB]
Boomplaas Cave
LOH [Pre-HP]
Cave of Hearths
Bed 4 [MSA 2a]; Bed 5 [MSA 2a]; Bed 6 [MSA 2b]; Bed 7 [MSA 2b]; Bed 8
[MSA 2b]
Diepkloof Rock Shelter
MSA sediments [Pre-SB]
Klasies River Mouth
Layer 1-37 [MSA 2a]; Layer 1-38 [MSA 2a]; Layer 1-14 [MSA 2b]; Layer 1-15
Cave 1
[MSA 2b]; Layer 1-16 [MSA 2b]; Layer 1-17a [MSA 2b]; Layer 1-17b [MSA 2b]
Klasies River Mouth
Layer 1A-22 [MSA 2b]; Layer 1A-23 [MSA 2b]; Layer 1A-25 [MSA 2b]; Layer
Shelter 1A
1A-26 [MSA 2b]; Layer 1A-27 [MSA 2b]; Layer 1A-28 [MSA 2b]; Layer 1A-30
[MSA 2b]; Layer 1A-31 [MSA 2b]; Layer 1A-32 [MSA 2b]; Layer 1A-34 [MSA
2b]
Klasies River Mouth
Layer 1B-1 [MSA 2a]; Layer 1B-4 [MSA 2a]; Layer 1B-5 [MSA 2a]; Layer 1B-6
Shelter 1B
[MSA 2a]; Layer 1B-7 [MSA 2a]; Layer 1B-8 [MSA 2a]; Layer 1B-9 [MSA 2a];
Layer 1B-10 [MSA 2a]; Layer 1B-12 [MSA 2a]; Layer 1B-13a [MSA 2a]
Pinnacle Point 13B
Northeast LC-MSA [Pre-SB]; East LRS [Pre-SB]; East URS [Pre-SB]; East SB
Sand [Pre-SB]; West LBS 3 [Pre-SB]; West DB Sand 4a [Pre-SB]; West LBG 1
Sand [Pre-SB]; West DB Sand 3[Pre-SB]; West LB Sand 2 [Pre-SB]; West LB
Sand 1 [Pre-SB]
Ysterfontein 1
Faunal analysis layer 1 [Pre-SB]; Faunal analysis layer 2 [Pre-SB]
Still Bay
n=5
Apollo 11
Geo Layer 7
Blombos Cave
M1; M2 upper
Diepkloof Rock Shelter
MSA sediments
Umhlatuzana
Layer 25
Howieson’s Poort
n=6
Border Cave
1 RGBS; 3 BS Upper; 3 WA
Cave of Hearths
Bed 9
Diepkloof Rock Shelter
MSA sediments
Sibudu
GR to PGS
Late MSA
n=14
Border Cave
2 WA [Post-HP]; 2 BS Upper [Post-HP]; 2 BS Lower A [Post-HP]; 2 BS Lower
B [Post-HP]; 2 BS Lower C [Post-HP]
Diepkloof Rock Shelter
MSA sediments [Post-HP]
Klasies River Mouth
Layer 1-13 [Later MSA]
Cave 1
Klasies River Mouth
Layer 1A-1 [Post-HP]; Layer 1A-4 [Post-HP]; Layer 1A-5 [Post-HP]
Shelter 1A
Sibudu Cave
BSp to B under YA2 [Post-HP]; OMOD2BL [Later MSA]; OMODBL [Later
MSA]; Co [Final MSA]