Power of Plants

This project aims to analyse early modern human exploitation of plants for food, medicine and raw materials at Klasies River Main Site. We will be using multi-disciplinary analyses on a) three grindstones that were excavated from Cave 1A in 2015 and b) sediments taken through hearth features. The aim of this research is to understand how early modern humans exploited plants to increase their plasticity in adaptation to changing climates and environments.