Journal
ANTIQUITY
Volume 78, Issue 301, Pages 661-675Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00113298
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South Africa; Sibudu Cave; ochre; hafting; mastic; stone tools
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Ochre is well-known as a substance used in Stone Age symbolism, but it can be shown to have had practical functions too. The authors used microscopic examination of Middle Stone Age tools to show they had been hafted, making use of an adhesive compound which included ochre in its recipe.
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