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Natural PlacesSite Name: Wonderwerk CaveCountry: South Africa
NOTE: This site is 45.99 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Kuruman Nearest Village: Danielskuil
Latitude: 27.845S Longitude: 23.553889E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Accumulted deposits inside the cave reflect natural sedimentation processes such as water and wind deposition as well as the activities of animals, birds and human ancestors over a period of some 2 million years. The site has been studied and excavated by archaeologists since the 1940s and research here generates important insights into human history in the subcontinent of Southern Africa.
Cosmogenic dating suggests that basal sediment entered the cave some 2 million years ago. Rock art occurs in the form of parietal paintings within the first 40 metres from the entrance, possibly all less than 1000 years old, and small engraved stones found within the deposit, mainly from the Later Stone Age sequence where they date back some 10 500 years.
It is a National Heritage Site managed from the McGregor Museum in Kimberley.
Read more at Wikipedia
Note: Wonderwerk Cave excavation shows fire used 300,000 years earlier than previously thought. "Socializing around a camp fire might actually be an essential aspect of what makes us human."
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