Mossel Bay Region
The test case is the landscape around the town of Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. The Mossel Bay region has several archaeological sites that offers a long sequence of change in raw material selection (Brown et al.
2012; Thompson and Marean 2008; Thompson et al. 2010). The local geology is well understood (Malan and Viljoen 2008; Viljoen and Malan 1993; Roberts et al. 2012; Thamm and Johnson 2006), and thorough surveys for potential raw material sources have been undertaken (Oestmo et al. 2014). In total, 38 potential stone tool raw material sources have been discovered, which is likely an underestimate. These sources range greatly in size (Fig. 4.1), are clustered according to geological structures and geophysical processes, and only 6-7 raw materials are represented among the 38 sources.4.2.2
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