References Detail back created at: 2009-04-09 updated at: 2011-11-14 Media Type: Article in Journal Authors d'Errico, Francesco / Henshilwood, Christpher / Vanhaeren, Marian / van Niekerk, Karen Year: 2005 Title: Nassarius kraussianus shell beads from Blombos Cave: evidence for symbolic behaviour in the Middle Stone Age Download: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248404001307 Volume: 48 Page No: 3-24 JournalJournal of Human Evolution Keywords European timeline Palaeolithic Super Region Africa Class of Artefact jewelry Theme experimentation, social identity, taphonomy, technology, use-wear Assemblage Type cave Material shell Miscellaneous worked bone Taxon – wild animals Mollusca Taphonomy tool marks Further Information Location: Knochenarbeit back