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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:archaeological_site
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:Acheulean_tools
gptkb:Oldowan_tools
animal bones
rock art
plant remains
archaeological deposits
evidence of early fire use
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gptkbp:coordinates
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27°50′S 23°33′E
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:South_Africa
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gptkbp:excavatedBy
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gptkb:Peter_Beaumont
1940s
Michael Chazan
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Wonderwerk Cave
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gptkbp:length
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about 140 meters
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Northern_Cape
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gptkbp:managedBy
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McGregor Museum
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gptkbp:nameMeaning
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miracle (in Afrikaans)
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gptkbp:near
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gptkb:Kuruman
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gptkbp:notableFinds
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earliest controlled use of fire
early hominin occupation
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gptkbp:periodsOfOccupation
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gptkb:Iron_Age
gptkb:Middle_Stone_Age
gptkb:Early_Stone_Age
gptkb:Later_Stone_Age
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gptkbp:significance
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continuous human occupation for 2 million years
evidence of early fire use 1 million years ago
longest archaeological sequence in southern Africa
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gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list
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2015
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:prehistoric_Southern_Africa
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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