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Rose Cottage Cave
Rose Cottage Cave (RCC) is an archaeological site in South Africa, situated only a few kilometers away from Ladybrand on the Platberg. Rose Cottage has evidence of blade technology and tool formation from the Middle Stone Age—implications of modern human behavior. The earliest documentation of tool formation and blade technology at Rose Cottage dates to 96,000 years ago, among them the Howiesons Poort and post-Howiesons Poort pieces. Archaeological excavations began in the 1940s by Malan, shortly succeed by Beaumont in the early 1960s, and the most recent excavations occurred in 1987 by Wadley. Structurally, the cave measures about 20 meters long and 10 meters wide. Human habitation of Rose Cottage is believed to span over 100,000 years—throughout the Middle and Later Stone Ages. Additionally, both site creation and sediment creation processes at Rose Cottage appear to be principally anthropogenic.