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Sea point of view Blombos sunset Blombos Cave entrance
Turid & Robert West section Section in Southeastern corner Prof. Stein-Erik Lauritzen, University of Bergen
Western section sterile hiatus layer between LSA and MSA levels Chris & Karen excavating 2005 Karen measuring 2005
Shellfish in M3 phase 100 000 yrs old In situ shellfish from the MSA levels Leaving the site at night
Hippo tooth M3 phase 100 000 years Zenobia Jacobs inserting dosimeters Sieving outside the cave
Chris Henshilwood explaining the stratigraphy to Norwegian students Drs. Kaifu & Yoneda 2005 Karen & Hege 2005
Scraped ochre from Blobos Cave Quartzite ochre scraper Engraved ochre from MSA at Blombos Cave
Engraved bone from Blombos Cave MSA Bone points Silcrete and quartz bifacial points
Collecting Nassarius kraussianus shells from the Goukou river Modern collection of Nassarius kraussianus shells Nassarius kraussianus beads from the MSA in Blombos
Blombos Cave entrance 1 Francesco d'Errico at cave mouth Inside Blombos Cave 1
Inside Blombos cave 2 Inside Blombos Cave 3 Inside Blombos Cave 4
Inside Blombos Cave 5 Inside Blombos Cave 6 Inside Blombos Cave 7
Inside Blombos Cave 8 Chris in Blombos Cave Karen & Marian CLC
MSA sequence at Blombos