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Fauresmith is located 130 km south west of Bloemfontein, South Africa. The town, named after Rev Phillip Faure and Sir Harry Smith, is the second oldest town in the Free State. Fauresmith is the only town in South Africa, and one of only three in the world, where the railway line runs down the centre of the main road.
Nov 1, 2020 · In this article, we evaluate the status of the Fauresmith. We do this by describing a newly excavated assemblage from Canteen Kopje in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and by comparing it with other assemblages published as Fauresmith.
- Kathleen Kuman, Matt G. Lotter, George M. Leader
- 2020
The Fauresmith industry, named for the town of Fauresmith, Free State province, South Africa, is characterized by small hand axes and cleavers and by numerous flake tools, including triangular projectile points of classic Levalloisian stone-flaking technique.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Fauresmith is the only town in South Africa, and one of 3 in the world, where the railway line runs down the centre of the main road. It is situated on the R704 and is 130km south west of Bloemfontein. Today, Fauresmith is a potato and lucerne farming town and is well known for its equestrian show.
In this article, we evaluate the status of the Fauresmith. We do this by describing a newly excavated assemblage from Canteen Kopje in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and by comparing it with other assemblages published as Fauresmith.
Nov 1, 2020 · In this article, we evaluate the status of the Fauresmith. We do this by describing a newly excavated assemblage from Canteen Kopje in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and by comparing it with other assemblages published as Fauresmith.
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The Fauresmith refers to a poorly defined archeological entity that is transitional between the Earlier and Middle Stone Age in southern Africa and that has tentatively also been identified in East Africa.
