Two Holocene rock shelter deposits from the Knersvlakte, southern Namaqualand, South Africa.
This paper describes the first excavations into two Holocene Later Stone Age (LSA) deposits in southern Namaqualand. The limestone shelters afforded excellent preservation, and the LSA sites contained material similar in many respects to shelters in the Cederberg range to the south. Deposition at bo...
| Publicado en: | Southern African Humanities Vol. 36; pp. 109 - 151 |
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Natal Museum
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=175629418&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 175629418 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16815564 TB8 jtl: Southern African Humanities issn: 16815564 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2023 vid: 36 pid: 20684 pub: Natal Museum artinfo: ui: 175629418 ppf: 109 ppct: 42 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 7.7MB tig: atl: Two Holocene rock shelter deposits from the Knersvlakte, southern Namaqualand, South Africa. aug: au: Orton, Jayson Klein, Richard G. Mackay, Alex Schwortz, Steve Steele, Teresa E. affil: Archaeology Contracts Office, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701 South Africa. School of Archaeology & St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Program in Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Acton 0200, Australia. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8522, USA. su: Caves Holocene Epoch Stone Age Potsherds Pleistocene Epoch Eggshells Optically stimulated luminescence dating Namaqualand (South Africa) South Africa sug: subj: Namaqualand (South Africa) South Africa Caves Holocene Epoch Stone Age Potsherds Pleistocene Epoch Eggshells Optically stimulated luminescence dating keyword: beads bedding and ash contact period Holocene Later Stone Age Namaqualand organic artefacts stone artefacts ab: This paper describes the first excavations into two Holocene Later Stone Age (LSA) deposits in southern Namaqualand. The limestone shelters afforded excellent preservation, and the LSA sites contained material similar in many respects to shelters in the Cederberg range to the south. Deposition at both sites was discontinuous with a mid-Holocene pulse in Buzz Shelter followed by contact-period deposits over a total depth of some 0.45 m. In Reception Shelter the 1.40 m deposit yielded a basal age in the fifth to eighth centuries BC with pottery and domestic cow contained within a strong pulse of occupation just above this. The deposit then reflects another significant pulse in the terminal Holocene. A basal age of c. 24 000 BC suggests Pleistocene occupation of the area. Significant observations at both sites are that ostrich eggshell beads remain relatively small throughout, although those at Reception Shelter are somewhat larger, and that the typical prehistoric signature continued right through the contact period. Artefacts ascribed to a late Holocene industry so far only recognised on coastal sites were also found. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Southern African Humanities is the property of Natal Museum and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Southern African Humanities holder: Natal Museum dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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