Luminescence dating techniques have been applied to a range of different types of coastal
and marine deposits, involving a variety of depositional processes and environments, as a …

Abstract The site of Blombos Cave (BBC) is well known for archaeological remains that have
advanced our understanding of the development of modern human behaviour during the …

Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11 was possibly the longest (∼ 423,000–362,000 yr ago) and
warmest interglacial of the entire Quaternary Period. This resulted from a special …

Relict beach ridges of aeolian origin and associated soils are often used for inferring relative
sea level and climate with contrasting results. Most studies link the aeolian coastal deposits …

Body fossil remains usually provide the main palaeontological resource for
palaeoecological studies. Ichnology has the capacity to independently complement such …

The continental margin of southern South Africa exhibits an array of emergent marginal
marine sediments permitting the reconstruction of long-term eustatic sea-level changes. We …

A Late Pleistocene hominin tracksite has been identified in coastal aeolianite rocks on the
Cape south coast of South Africa, an area of great significance for the emergence of modern …

Coastal outcrops of Upper Pleistocene deposits in north-eastern Mallorca (Balearic Islands,
Spain) have been examined and a chronological framework established using Optically …

Tracks and trackways of newborns, calves and juveniles attributed to straight-tusked
elephants were found in the MIS 5 site (Upper Pleistocene) known as the Matalascañas …

Aragonitic calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) terrestrial mollusc shells with complex shell
microstructures, such as those in the African subfamily Achatininae, have the potential to be …