Vogel, JPlug, IWebbley, L2007-03-142007-06-072007-03-142007-06-071997-05Vogel, J, et al. 1997. New dates for the introduction of sheep into South Africa: the evidence from Spoegrivier Cave in Namaqualand. South African Journal of Science, vol. 93(5), pp 246-2480038-2353http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1910http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1910Excavation of Spoegrivier Cave in 1987 yielded an AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon date of 2100 BP for a sheep phalange from the basal layer. Re-Excavation of the cave in 1994 to obtain a larger sample of early livestock produced sheep bones below the base of the pottery units, dating to 1930 BP, showing that the animals probably predate the introduction of pottery to the site. The lowest layer with sheep bones has given a radiocarbon date of 2400 BP. This early date suggests that one way sheep were introduced into South Africa was along the west coast.313080 bytesapplication/pdfenCopyright: 1997 Bureau Scientific PublicationsSpoegrivier caveNamaqualandNew datesSheep introductionsArticleVogel, J., Plug, I., & Webbley, L. (1997). New dates for the introduction of sheep into South Africa: the evidence from Spoegrivier Cave in Namaqualand. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1910Vogel, J, I Plug, and L Webbley "New dates for the introduction of sheep into South Africa: the evidence from Spoegrivier Cave in Namaqualand." (1997) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1910Vogel J, Plug I, Webbley L. New dates for the introduction of sheep into South Africa: the evidence from Spoegrivier Cave in Namaqualand. 1997; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1910.TY - Article AU - Vogel, J AU - Plug, I AU - Webbley, L AB - Excavation of Spoegrivier Cave in 1987 yielded an AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon date of 2100 BP for a sheep phalange from the basal layer. Re-Excavation of the cave in 1994 to obtain a larger sample of early livestock produced sheep bones below the base of the pottery units, dating to 1930 BP, showing that the animals probably predate the introduction of pottery to the site. The lowest layer with sheep bones has given a radiocarbon date of 2400 BP. This early date suggests that one way sheep were introduced into South Africa was along the west coast. DA - 1997-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Spoegrivier cave KW - Namaqualand KW - New dates KW - Sheep introductions LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1997 SM - 0038-2353 T1 - New dates for the introduction of sheep into South Africa: the evidence from Spoegrivier Cave in Namaqualand TI - New dates for the introduction of sheep into South Africa: the evidence from Spoegrivier Cave in Namaqualand UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1910 ER -