Blombos Cave is a cave in a calcarenite limestone cliff on the Southern Cape coast in South Africa. It is an archaeological site made famous by the discovery of 75,000-year-old pieces of ochre engraved with abstract designs and beads made from Nassarius shells, and c. 80,000-year-old bone tools. Some of the earliest evidence for shellfishing and possibly fishing has been discovered at the site and dates to c. 140,000 years ago.
Read more about Blombos Cave: Introduction, Excavation History and Stratigraphy, Artifacts and Fauna, Engraved Ochre and Its Interpretation, Palaeoenvironment
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