布隆伯斯洞窟是位於南非開普敦以東約300公里的一個石灰岩溶洞。因發現了有7萬年歷史的刻有抽象設計和織紋的赭石珠子、貝殼，和8萬年歷史的骨制工具而成為著名的考古工地。另外亦發現了一些關於14萬年前貝殼和捕魚的證據。洞穴於1991年首次被發掘，考古工作自1997年起定期進行至今。

參考資料

延伸阅读

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Dating the Blombos deposits
Jacobs, Z. Duller, G.A.T. Henshilwood, C.S. Wintle, A.G. 2006. Extending the chronology of deposits at Blombos Cave, South Africa, back to 140 ka using optical dating of single and multiple grains of quartz. Journal of Human Evolution 51: 255–273.
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 Jacobs, Z. Duller, G.A.T., Wintle, A.G. & Henshilwood, C.S. 2006.Extending the chronology of deposits at Blombos Cave, South Africa, back to 140 ka using optical dating of single and multiple grains of quartz. Journal of Human Evolution 51: 255–273.
 Jacobs, Z., Wintle, A. G. & Duller, G. A. T. (2003a). Optical dating of dune sand from Blombos Cave, South Africa: I—multiple grain data. J. Hum. Evol. 44, 599 – 612.
 Jacobs, Z., Duller, G. A. T. & Wintle, A. G. (2003b). Optical dating of dune sand from Blombos Cave, South Africa: II—single grain data. J. Hum. Evol. 44, 613 – 625.

外部連結

 Blombos Cave at the University of Bergen
 Blombos cave project website, Institute for Human Evolution

南非地理
钟乳洞