Blombos Cave is a cave in a limestone cliff on the Southern Cape coast in South Africa. It is an archaeological site made famous by the discovery there of two pieces of ochre engraved with abstract designs, 75,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells, and c. 80,000-year-old bone tools (see references below). Some of the earliest evidence for shellfishing and possibly fishing has been discovered at the site and dates to c. 140,000 years ago.

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  • Blombos Cave is a cave in a limestone cliff on the Southern Cape coast in South Africa. It is an archaeological site made famous by the discovery there of two pieces of ochre engraved with abstract designs, 75,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells, and c. 80,000-year-old bone tools (see references below). Some of the earliest evidence for shellfishing and possibly fishing has been discovered at the site and dates to c. 140,000 years ago. The engraved pieces of ochre dated 70000 BC are regarded as the oldest known artwork. but very much simpler than the cave paintings and figurines; the next earliest found in Europe after 40 000 BP. The date of engraved orche is not firmly confirmed: 100 ka, 75 k, 77k 70-90 k. There seem to be debate where are the older symbolic artifact in southern coast of Africa or Levant which my be 25 ka older or African are 35 ka older There is question what the abstract atr of the paleo-artist mean to symbolize but this usual problem in abstract art and apparent XXX theme may be misleading. The use of abstract symbolism on the engraved pieces of ochre and the presence of a complex tool kit suggests Middle Stone Age people were behaving in a cognitively modern way and had the advantages of syntactical language at least 80,000 years ago. Human remains from this cave include found in 1998 four teeth where two are heavily worn deciduous teeth and two incomplete permanent premolar crowns. One broken tooth is marked to toothpic . Another 5 dental specimens was unearthed in the cave during 1999-2000
  • Blombos est un site préhistorique proche du Cap des Aiguilles, à environ 300 km à l'est de la ville du Cap en Afrique du Sud. Il se trouve dans une grotte s’ouvrant au pieds d'une falaise et a été rendu célèbre par la découverte inattendue de vestiges traduisant des comportements modernes et des préoccupations esthétiques voire symboliques (blocs d’ocre gravés, perles en coquillage, outils en os) dans des niveaux datant de 75 à 70 000 ans BP, soit du Middle Stone Age (MSA), équivalant plus ou moins au Paléolithique moyen européen. Ces découvertes ont profondément modifié la vision actuelle de l'histoire de l'art et de l'évolution culturelle au Paléolithique, qui paraît plus lente et progressive que ce que l'on pensait auparavant.
  • Blombos è il nome di una grotta che si trova in Sud Africa, circa 200 chilometri a Est di Città del Capo sulle sponde dell'Oceano Indiano. Al suo interno, nel corso di diverse campagne di scavo, dirette da C.S. Henshilwood, gli archeologi hanno ritrovato alcune fra le testimonianze più antiche della cultura umana. Pezzi di ocra incisi con disegni geometrici regolari, punte di freccia, parti di collane e braccialetti ricavati dalla lavorazione delle conchiglie di piccoli gasteropodi marini. L'importanza dei reperti sta nella loro datazione, ormai certa: tra i 70.000 e i 75.000 anni fa. I reperti della Caverna di Blombos appaiono inoltre come la prima testimonianza di un comportamento creativo e in qualche modo culturale dell'Homo Sapiens.
  • Blombos-grotten er en grotte i et kalksteinområde på sørkysten av Kapprovinsen i Sør-Afrika. Det er et arkeologisk funnsted best kjent for funnet av 75 000 år gamle perler laget av Nassarius-skjell som en kort stund holdt rekorden for det eldste kjente smykket. I hulen fant man også tretten okersteiner med inngraverte mønstre. De antas å være 77 000 år gamle. Man mente tidligere at homo sapiens i Europa var de første som brukte symboler, for ca 30 000 år siden.
  • Jaskinia Blombos to wapienna jaskinia położona na Południowym Przylądku wybrzeża Republiki Południowej Afryki. Jaskinia znana jest najbardziej ze znaleziska jakiego tam dokonano. W 1991 roku grupa archeologów znalazła na terenie Blombos paciorki, wykonane z 41 muszli ślimaka, liczące 75000 lat.
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  • Blombos Cave is a cave in a limestone cliff on the Southern Cape coast in South Africa. It is an archaeological site made famous by the discovery there of two pieces of ochre engraved with abstract designs, 75,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells, and c. 80,000-year-old bone tools (see references below). Some of the earliest evidence for shellfishing and possibly fishing has been discovered at the site and dates to c. 140,000 years ago.
  • Blombos est un site préhistorique proche du Cap des Aiguilles, à environ 300 km à l'est de la ville du Cap en Afrique du Sud.
  • Blombos è il nome di una grotta che si trova in Sud Africa, circa 200 chilometri a Est di Città del Capo sulle sponde dell'Oceano Indiano. Al suo interno, nel corso di diverse campagne di scavo, dirette da C.S. Henshilwood, gli archeologi hanno ritrovato alcune fra le testimonianze più antiche della cultura umana. Pezzi di ocra incisi con disegni geometrici regolari, punte di freccia, parti di collane e braccialetti ricavati dalla lavorazione delle conchiglie di piccoli gasteropodi marini.
  • Blombos-grotten er en grotte i et kalksteinområde på sørkysten av Kapprovinsen i Sør-Afrika. Det er et arkeologisk funnsted best kjent for funnet av 75 000 år gamle perler laget av Nassarius-skjell som en kort stund holdt rekorden for det eldste kjente smykket. I hulen fant man også tretten okersteiner med inngraverte mønstre. De antas å være 77 000 år gamle. Man mente tidligere at homo sapiens i Europa var de første som brukte symboler, for ca 30 000 år siden.
  • Jaskinia Blombos to wapienna jaskinia położona na Południowym Przylądku wybrzeża Republiki Południowej Afryki. Jaskinia znana jest najbardziej ze znaleziska jakiego tam dokonano. W 1991 roku grupa archeologów znalazła na terenie Blombos paciorki, wykonane z 41 muszli ślimaka, liczące 75000 lat.
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