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South African Bored Stones A.J.H. GOODWIN, of the University of Cape Town, has given an account of the bored stones of South Africa in No. 1 of the new series of Communications from the School of South African Studies published by the University of Cape Town. Bored stones are of various kinds-as described in the article-but, generally, may be visualized as balls of stone so pierced that they can be hafted on to sticks, which are then used for digging or other purposes, the weight of the stone materially assisting the operation. The age of these bored stones varies considerably, some being quite modern and some of unknown antiquity, and culturally speaking they have been used by Bantus, Bushmen and prehistoric peoples. They are figured in some of the so-called Bushmen paintings. The present article analyses a large amount of material and will be very useful for reference purposes to students of South African Stone Age archæology.
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RESEARCH ITEMS. Nature 151, 26–27 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151026a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151026a0