Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology of Southern Greece, Ardittou 34b, Athens, Greece.
J Hum Evol. 2010 Sep-Oct;59(3-4):256-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.07.001.
Site PP13B is a cave located on the steep cliffs of Pinnacle Point near Mossel Bay in Western Cape Province, South Africa. The depositional sequence of the cave, predating Marine Isotopic Stage 11 (MIS 11) and continuing to present, is in the form of isolated sediment exposures with different depositional facies and vertical and lateral variations. Micromorphological analysis demonstrated that a suite of natural sedimentation processes operated during the development of the sequence ranging from water action to aeolian activity, and from speleothem formations to plant colonization and root encrustation. At the same time, anthropogenic sediments that are mainly in the form of burnt remains from combustion features (e.g., wood ash, charcoal, and burnt bone) were accumulating. Several erosional episodes have resulted in a complicated stratigraphy, as discerned from different depositional and post-depositional features. The cave is associated with a fluctuating coastal environment, frequent changes in sea level and climate controlled patterns of sedimentation, and the presence or absence of humans.
PP13B 遗址是位于南非西开普省莫塞尔湾附近尖峰点陡峭悬崖上的一个洞穴。该洞穴的沉积序列可以追溯到海洋同位素阶段 11 之前（MIS 11），一直持续到现在，其形式为具有不同沉积相和垂直及侧向变化的孤立沉积物露头。微观形态分析表明，在该序列的发展过程中，一系列自然沉积过程在起作用，范围从水的作用到风的作用，从洞穴石笋的形成到植物的定殖和根的结壳。与此同时，主要以燃烧特征（如木灰、木炭和烧骨）产生的燃烧残留物形式的人为沉积物也在不断积累。从不同的沉积和沉积后特征可以看出，几次侵蚀事件导致了复杂的地层。洞穴与波动的沿海环境、海平面的频繁变化和气候控制的沉积模式以及人类的存在或缺失有关。
