Revisiting the palaeoenvironments of the South African hominid-bearing Plio Pleistocene sites : new isotopic evidence from Sterkfontein

This thesis offers a revised palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of South African PlioPleistocene sites based on δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O isotopes extracted from enamel of fossil fauna. New isotopic results from Sterkfontein Members 4 and 5 are reported to supplement existing data from Makapansgat and Swartkrans in order to examine the changing environment from approximately 3 to 1.4 million years ago (Ma).

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Archaeology

Year dc:date.issued

2001

Author dc:creator

• Luyt, Julie

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lee-Thorp, Julia A

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4176

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4176