Duinefontein 2

In 1956, Jalmar Rudner (South African Museum) reported wind-abraded animal fossils on deflation surfaces among the dunes behind the beach at Duinefontein. Hendey (1968) later described ~600 surface-collected specimens from the broader region that were housed at the South African Museum by 1967. There are several fossil localities in the area, with R.G. Klein and G. Avery identifying a concentration of artifacts and iron-mineralized animal bone at a site designated Duinefontein 2. Multiple excavations have been conducted at the site, with details reported by Klein et al (1999) and Cruz-Uribe et al. (2003).

Cruz-Uribe, K., Klein, R.G., Avery, G., Avery, M., Halkett, D., Hart, T., Milo, R.G., Sampson, C.G., Volman, T.P., 2003. Excavation of buried Late Acheulean (Mid-Quaternary) land surfaces at Duinefontein 2, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 30, 559-575.

Hendey, Q.B., 1968. The Melkbos site: an Upper Pleistocene fossil occurrence in the south-western Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 52, 89-119.

Klein, R.G., Avery, G., Cruz-Uribe, K., Halkett, D., Hart, T., Milo, R.G., Volman, T.P., 1999. Duinefontein 2: an Acheulean site in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution 37, 153-190.