| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:artifacts 
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                                | gptkbp:associatedWith | early modern humans 
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                                | gptkbp:characterizedBy | microlithic stone tools backed blades
 crescent-shaped tools
 
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                                | gptkbp:discoveredBy | 1920s 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | c. 59,000 years ago 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | post-Howiesons Poort 
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                                | gptkbp:literaryPeriod | gptkb:Pleistocene 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Southern_Africa 
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                                | gptkbp:material | gptkb:fruit quartz
 quartzite
 silcrete
 
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                                | gptkbp:namedAfter | gptkb:Howieson's_Poort_Shelter 
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                                | gptkbp:notableSite | gptkb:Pinnacle_Point gptkb:Klasies_River_Caves
 gptkb:Diepkloof_Rock_Shelter
 gptkb:Howieson's_Poort_Shelter
 gptkb:Sibudu_Cave
 
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                                | gptkbp:period | gptkb:Middle_Stone_Age 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Still_Bay_industry 
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                                | gptkbp:region | gptkb:Botswana gptkb:Lesotho
 gptkb:Namibia
 gptkb:South_Africa
 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | evidence of symbolic behavior advanced tool technology
 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | c. 65,000 years ago 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:prehistoric_Southern_Africa 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Howiesons Poort industry 
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