Dear Doug and Listers,

Blombos Cave has provided us with other conchological artifacts and
consequent insight into the life and industry of ancient man; see the
Conch-L archive on this special "dig":
<http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S2=conch-l&q=Blombos&s=&f=&a=&b=>

Another account of the most recent(published in the journal Science
today)is at:
<http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-ancient-paint-20111014,0,553090.story>

Harry


On 10/13/2011 10:40 PM, Doug Stemke wrote:
> I thought this might be something the members would find interesting.  A
> 100,000 year old work shop in South Africa.  The mixing bowl evidently was
> an abalone shell mounted on a base.  As seen here:
> http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-art-supplies-found-south-african-cave-182951176.html

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