An early date for cattle from Namaqualand, South Africa. Implications for the origins of herding in southern Africa

• Autores: Jayson Orton, Peter Mitchell, Richard Klein, Teresa Steele, K. Ann Horsburgh
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 87, Nº 335, 2013, págs. 108-120
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • When did cattle come to South Africa? Radiocarbon dates on a newly found cow horn indicates a time in the early first millennium AD. In a study of the likely context for the advent of cattle herding, the authors favour immigrants moving along a western route through Namibia.