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Temporary export of Spitzkloof D artifacts and Spitzkloof A faunal material

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Spitzkloof D Rockshelter in the Northern Cape Province is a newly discovered inland site with a potentially long occupational record that may capture the early adoption of herding by indigenous South African foragers living in a challenging environment. The successful excavation during our 2019 field season (SAHRA permit #2957) recovered a very large number and variety of artifacts which require analysis.

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Spitzkloof D - The sorting of material required more time than expected and analysis of the material was not completed during my time in Cape Town working at the University of Cape Town. Therefore, I am requesting to temporarily export some (~50%) of the material to the University of Toronto for further investigation. A total of 13- ½ full medium sized Ziploc bags (~ 8 x 11) of faunal material, 4- ½ full bags of OES, 1- ½ full bag of pottery sherds, and 1- ½ full bag of OES beads were selected for further analysis. Spitzkloof A - All of the material remains from the site of Spitzkloof A have been analyzed and returned to South Africa. The only material that has not been analyzed are the final 3 medium sized Ziploc bags (~ 8 x 11) of faunal material. I am requesting to export these final 3 bags of Spitzkloof A faunal material to our lab at the University of Toronto (Dewar Lab) for analysis. Once this analysis is finished the documentation of the site will be complete and the material will be sent to the Kimberley Museum in the Northern Cape.

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Friday, September 6, 2019 - 18:40

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14296

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- Jerardino, A., Fort, J., Isern, N., Rondelli, B., 2014. Cultural diffusion was the main driving mechanism of the Neolithic transition in southern Africa. PLoS One 9, 1–19. - Sealy, J., Yates, R., 1994. The chronology of the introduction of pastoralism to the Cape, South Africa. Antiquity 68, 58–67. - Smith, A.B., 1998. Keeping people on the periphery: The ideology of social hierarchies between hunters and herders. J. Anthropol. Archaeol. 17, 201–215. https://doi.org/10.1006/jaar.1998.0323
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example picture of the bags of material for temporary export
 
 

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