ABSTRACT

This book is volume 33 of the yearbook seriesPalaeoecology of Africa presenting the outcome of atribute conference to the internationally recognized South African researcher and palynologist Professor Louis Scott. He has recently retired, but is continuing his active research career. The conference proceedings and articles published here

chapter 1|18 pages

FROM PAST TO PRESENT: LOUIS SCOTT TRIBUTE CONFERENCE

By—Jürgen Runge & Maitland T. Seaman

chapter 5|12 pages

THE FAURESMITH AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS

By—Michael Chazan

chapter 7|22 pages

OSTRICH EGGSHELL AS A SOURCE OF PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION IN THE ARID INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE STUDY FROM WONDERWERK CAVE

By—Michaela Ecker, Jennifer Botha-Brink, Julia A. Lee-Thorp, André Piuz & Liora Kolska Horwitz

chapter 8|36 pages

FIRST CHRONOLOGICAL, PALAEOENVIRON- MENTAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA FROM THE BADEN-BADEN FOSSIL SPRING COMPLEX IN THE WESTERN FREE STATE, SOUTH AFRICA

By—Andri C. van Aardt, C. Britt Bousman, James S. Brink, George A. Brook, Zenobia Jacobs, Pieter J. du Preez, Lloyd Rossouw & Louis Scott

chapter 9|22 pages

CHARCOAL FROM PRE-HOLOCENE STRATUM 5, WONDERWERK CAVE, SOUTH AFRICA

By—Marion K. Bamford