EXPORT OF FLOTATION SAMPLES FROM BOOMPLAAS CAVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNDERSTANDING ANCIENT PLANT FOOD USE AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS

This application is to export flotation samples containing charred plant macrofossils from the archaeological site Boomplaas to Australia for the purpose of understanding the role of plant foods in ancient human diets. The goal of the analysis is to provide the first systematic study of plants foods in Boomplaas Cave’s Pleistocene archaeological deposits. This project is taking place at ERF 30/33, Boomplaas, Cango Valley, Eden District, Western Cape (HWC permit case number 18021501AS0223E).