IntroductionMatjes River Rockshelter, located near Plettenberg Bay in South Africa’s Western Cape, is an important archaeological site for understanding the Later Stone Age and the relationship between coastal communities and marine resources.The shelter is particularly relevant to the study of shell middens: accumulations of discarded shells and other material left by people who collected and consumed shellfish. These deposits can provide infor…
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