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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------