Open AccessNotes on distribution and relative abundances of some animal species, and on climate in the Kruger National Park during prehistoric times
Author(s) -
Ina Plug
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v32i1.467
Subject(s) - national park , prehistory , geography , ecology , archaeology , population , abundance (ecology) , distribution (mathematics) , biology , demography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , sociology
Faunal remains obtained from archaeological sites in the Kruger National Park, provide valuable information on the distributions of animal species in the past. The relative abundances of some species are compared with animal population statistics of the present. The study of the faunal samples, which date from nearly 7 000 years before present until the nineteenth century, also provides insight into climatic conditions during prehistoric times