Border Cave (Q2910728)

  • matcher place: KwaZulu-Natal (relation 349390)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Archaeological sites in South Africa, Archaeological sites of Southern Africa, Middle Stone Age, Paleoanthropological sites, Rock shelters in South Africa
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Border Cave is an archaeological site located in the western Lebombo Mountains in Kwazulu-Natal. The rock shelter has one of the longest archaeological records in southern Africa, which spans from the Middle Stone Age to the Iron Age.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Opgrawings in die Grensgrot (EngelsːBorder Cave) in Zoeloeland het daartoe gelei dat Afrika daarop aanspraak maak om die bakermat van die mensdom te wees.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Border Cave (littéralement, « la grotte de la Frontière ») est un abri-sous-roche situé sur les pentes occidentales des Monts Lebombo, dans le KwaZulu-Natal, près de la frontière entre l'Afrique du Sud et le Swaziland. Ce site archéologique a livré une séquence stratigraphique remarquablement continue et s'étendant sur 200 000 ans. Des restes humains anatomiquement modernes (Homo sapiens) y ont été mis au jour ainsi que des outils en pierre taillée et des déchets de taille.

Wikidata location: -27.0258, 31.9889 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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rock shelter (Q1149405) archaeological_site=rock_shelter, site_type=rock_shelter
cultural heritage (Q210272) historic=heritage, protect_class=22
cave (Q35509) natural=cave_entrance
building (Q41176) building=yes
dwelling (Q699405) amenity=shelter
archaeological site (Q839954) historic=archaeological_site
subterranea (Q863404) location=underground
shelter (Q989946) amenity=shelter

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Archaeological sites in South Africa historic=archaeological_site
Archaeological sites of Southern Africa historic=archaeological_site