Contesting the termite hypothesis for the origins of heuweltjies in Clanwilliam, South Africa
The age and origins of large earth mounds (locally termed "heuweltjies") is under debate, with ages being proposed for between 4500 and 30 000 years old, and hypotheses including zoogenic and geological origins of the mounds. The widely accepted hypothesis for the origins of the heuweltjie...
Main Author: | Innes, Sheona |
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Other Authors: | Midgley, Jeremy J |
Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26386 |
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