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Temporary export Umhlatuzana Quartz and Hornfels lithics for scientific study

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Temporary export of lithic artefacts from Umhlatuzana rockshelter for attribute analysis focusing on the transition of Middle to Later Stone Age.

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The site of Umhlatuzana contains an important archaeological sequence documenting the later part of the Middle Stone Age and most of the Later Stone Age (Kaplan 1990; Lombard et al. 2010). The transition of the Middle to Later Stone Age is currently not very well understood. Fieldwork in 2018 and 2019 has yielded assemblages in which all artefacts >2cm were piece-plotted (Sifogeorgakis et al, submitted). This dataset is well-suited to study the transitional assemblages. The assemblages from Umhlatuzana have mainly been analysed from a typological perspective. We will conduct a complementary technological analysis. This is important as a radical technological reorganisation appears to take place between the Middle and Later Stone Age. This will be attempted by an attribute analysis of the main raw materials represented in the assemblages, Quartz and Hornfels. The analysis will concentrate on determining if and at what tempo microlithisation took place during the transition. We will also document if prepared core technology (characteristic of the Middle Stone Age) continues to be in use in combination with microlithic technology. In addition we will attempt to conduct 3D scans, especially of cores to aid in the diacritical analysis of the cores to determine the organisation of core reduction. After analysis, the artefacts and file of the 3D scans will be returned to the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg.

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Friday, July 24, 2020 - 13:20

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15311

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Kaplan, J. (1990). The Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter sequence: 100 000 years of Stone Age history. Natal Museum Journal of Humanities, 2, 1-94.
Lombard, M., Wadley, L., Jacobs, Z., Mohapi, M., Roberts, R.G. (2010). Still Bay and serrated points from Umhlatuzana rock shelter, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37, 1773-1784.
Sifogeorgakis, I., Klinkenberg, V., Esteban-Alama, I., Murungi, M., Carr, A., Van den Brink, V.B., Dusseldorp, G.L. (submitted). New excavations at Umhlatuzana rockshelter KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A stratigraphical and taphonomical evaluation. African Archaeological Review
 
 

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