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Science 2 October 1981:
Vol. 214. no. 4516, pp. 64 - 67
DOI: 10.1126/science.214.4516.64
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Dated Rock Engravings from Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa

ANNE I. THACKERAY 1, J. FRANCIS THACKERAY 1, PETER B. BEAUMONT 2, and J. C. VOGEL 3

1 Anthropology Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
2 McGregor Museum, Post Office Box 316, Kimberley, 8300 South Africa
3 Natural Isotopes Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Post Office Box 395, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa

Radiocarbon dates associated with engraved stones from sealed archeological deposits at Wonderwerk Cave in the northern Cape Province indicate that rock engraving in South Africa is at least 10,000 years old.

Submitted on April 14, 1981
Revised on June 26, 1981

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