. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 218 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 1. Left: The location of the Deelpan fossil site within South Africa. Right: A schematic plan of Deelpan, showing the distribution of the sandy deposits on its southern and eastern margins and the points (Deelpan A and B) where bones were recovered. context of the bone assemblage, while Klein discusses its implications for distinguishing hyena bone accumulations from human (archaeological) ones. In a future paper, K. W. Butzer (University of Chicago) will
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 218 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 1. Left: The location of the Deelpan fossil site within South Africa. Right: A schematic plan of Deelpan, showing the distribution of the sandy deposits on its southern and eastern margins and the points (Deelpan A and B) where bones were recovered. context of the bone assemblage, while Klein discusses its implications for distinguishing hyena bone accumulations from human (archaeological) ones. In a future paper, K. W. Butzer (University of Chicago) will analyse a suite of sediment samples from the site, with the goal of elucidating its climatic and environmental history. SETTING Deelpan is typical of the numerous pans or playas that dot the plains of the western Orange Free State (De Bruiyn 1971, 1972; Le Roux 1978). The pans are thought to result from the interaction of bedrock geology, slope, salt concentration, chemical weathering, seasonal climate, and animal activity, the combined effect of which is to foster deflation. The prevailing westerly winds then build sand-dunes along the south-eastern and eastern margins of most pans in the region (De Bruiyn 1971, 1972). The open plains of the Orange Free State are underlain by typical Karoo sedimentary rocks intruded by dolerites that form rocky hills ('koppies'). Annual precipitation in the Deelpan area is less than 500 mm. The vegetation belongs to the so-called False Upper Karoo (Acocks 1953, veld type 36), comprising grassland with a high proportion of Karoo shrubs, especially Com- positae. Woody species such as Olea africana, Rhus lancea, and Rhus erosa occur on dolerite 'koppies'. The pan floor of approximately 6,5 km2 does not support any vegetation and consists of clays rich in carbonates and other salts. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustr
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