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Fire and grass-bedding construction 200 thousand years ago at Border Cave, South Africa

Wadley, Lyn; Esteban, Irene; De La Peña, Paloma; Wojcieszak, Marine; Stratford, Dominic; Lennox, Sandra; D'Errico, Francesco; Rosso, Daniela Eugenia; Orange, François; Backwell, Lucinda RuthIcon ; Sievers, Christine
Fecha de publicación: 08/2020
Editorial: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Revista: Science
ISSN: 0036-8075
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de recurso: Artículo publicado
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Resumen

Early plant use is seldom described in the archaeological record because of poor preservation. We report the discovery of grass bedding used to create comfortable areas for sleeping and working by people who lived in Border Cave at least 200,000 years ago. Sheaves of grass belonging to the broad-leafed Panicoideae subfamily were placed near the back of the cave on ash layers that were often remnants of bedding burned for site maintenance. This strategy is one forerunner of more-complex behavior that is archaeologically discernible from ~100,000 years ago.
Palabras clave: FIRE , ASH , CAVE DEPOSITS
 
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/142827
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abc7239
URL: https://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.abc7239
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Articulos(ISES)
Articulos de INST.SUPERIOR DE ESTUDIOS SOCIALES
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Wadley, Lyn; Esteban, Irene; De La Peña, Paloma; Wojcieszak, Marine; Stratford, Dominic; et al.; Fire and grass-bedding construction 200 thousand years ago at Border Cave, South Africa; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Science; 369; 6505; 8-2020; 863-866
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