Makapansgat and Buffalo Cave Palynology: A Brief Assessment of Studies During Spring, 1999

Research initiated at the inception of the Spring 1999 semester by Mrs. Loren A.LeForce under my supervision, focused on recovery of pollen from samples collected at “the limeworks” fossil locality at Makapansgat and the Buffalo Cave locality, South Africa. The objective was assessment of the samples’ potential to provide sufficient pollen for meaningful analysis of paleoecosystem conditions, and identification of palynological contrasts amongst samples from the same locality and between localities.

本研究由洛伦·A·勒福斯（Loren A.LeForce）女士于1999年春季学期伊始启动，并在我指导下开展，聚焦于从南非马卡潘斯盖特（Makapansgat）‘石灰厂’化石点与布法罗洞穴（Buffalo Cave）化石点采集的样本中回收花粉。本研究的目标为评估样本是否具备足够花粉量，以开展具备科学意义的古生态系统（paleoecosystem）状况分析，并甄别同一化石点内不同样本以及不同化石点之间的孢粉学（palynological）差异。