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Albany_Samples41-55

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Description

ObjectFormType: 

  • Mastic Samples

ObjectMaterialType: 

ObjectTechniqueType: 

  • Swabs

DistinguishingFeatures: 

Sample No. Sample Type Color Dimensions (mm) Weight (including vial)
41 swab white, brown/yellow staining 23mm X 6mm 2.78g
42 swab white, brown/yellow staining 26mm X 5mm 2.86g
43 2 swabs white 16mm X 6mm; 27mm X 4mm 2.98g
44 2 swabs white, grey staining 17mm X 7mm; 27mm X 4mm 2.95g
45 swab white 22m X 5mm 2.77g
46 swab white, yellow staining 21mm X 4mm 2.79g
47 swab white, grey staining 20mm X 6mm 2.75g
48 2 swabs white, brown/yellow staining 23mm X 6mm; 21mm X 4mm 2.88g
49 swab white 20mm X 5mm 2.76g
50 swab white, brown/yellow staining 24mm X 4mm 2.79g
51 swab white, grey staining 23mm X 4mm 2.77g
52 swab white, black/brown staining 24mm X4mm 2.79g
53 swab white, black/brown staining 22m X 5mm 2.78g
54 swab white, black/brown staining 18mm X 4mm 2.78g
55 swab white, black/brown staining 18mm X 5mm 2.80g

DimensionComment: 

For dimensions, please see table in 'distinguishing features' sections.
History

AgeComment: 

Radiocarbon dates available for some layers (Deacon 1976):material from layer M between 6980 +/- 65yBP and 5900+/-90yBP; material from layer MB between 5900+/-90 yBP and 2870 +/-90 yBP; and CAF, CAFu and S all less than 2870 +/-90yBP with S layer being the youngest.

GeologicalPeriod: 

  • Holocene

PlaceOfUse: 

  • Melkhoutboom Cave

CulturalAssociation: 

  • LSA

ReferenceList: 

CitationReferenceType
Deacon, H. J. (1976). Where Hunters Gathered: A Study of Holocene Stone Age People in the Eastern Cape. Claremont: South African Archaeological Society.
Hewitt, J. (1931). Artefacts from Melkhoutboom. South African Journal of Science 28: 540-548.
 
 

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