The Cave of Hearths: Makapan Middle Pleistocene Research Project

Field research by Anthony Sinclair and Patrick Quinney, 1996-2001

University of Southampton Series in Archaeology No.1

This volume represents the efforts of a significant collaborative project and provides a completely up-to-date interpretation of the Cave of Hearths (Makapan Cave Valley, Limpopo Province, South Africa), which has played a key role in furthering knowledge of hominin prehistory and evolution in southern Africa. This work provides new analyses and interpretations of this important site and its archaeology, geology and palaeontology.