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Albany_Samples56-78

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Description

ObjectFormType: 

  • Mastic Samples

ObjectMaterialType: 

ObjectTechniqueType: 

  • Swab and Fragments

DistinguishingFeatures: 

Sample No. Sample Type Color Dimensions (mm) Weight (including vial)
56 swab white, black staining 28mm X 7mm 2.79g
57 swab white, grey staining 22m X 4mm 2.79g
58 swab white, grey staining 25mm X 8mm 2.78g
59 swab white 28mm X 5mm 2.79g
60 2 swabs white, brown/yellow staining 23mm X 7mm; 22mm X 6mm 2.89g
61 swab white, black/brown staining 21mm X 5mm 2.78g
62 swab white, black/brown staining 27mm X 5mm 2.77g
63 swab white, yellow staining 29mm X 5mm 2.82g
64 2 swabs white, grey staining 26mm X 4mm; 16mm X 4mm 2.95g
65 swab white 29mm X 4mm 2.77g
66 2 swabs white 21mm X 6mm; 24mm X 5mm 2.97g
67 swab white, black/brown staining 29mm X 4nm 2.81g
68 swab white 24mm X 4mm 2.82g
69/70 3 fragments black/brown 2 frags 4-5mm, 1 frag <1mm 2.74g
71 swab white, grey staining 25mm X 5mm 2.78g
72 swab white, black/brown staining 20mm X 5mm; 22mm X 4mm 2.87g
73 swab white, black/brown staining 28mm X 4mm 2.80g
74 17 fragments red/brown 3-4mm 2.72g
75 semi-dissolved fragment and dried residue orange/brown sample dried 10mm up edge of vial 2.70g
76 4 fragments black/brown <1-2mm 2.72g
77 14 fragments black <1 - 1mm 2.72g
78 swab white, black/brown staining 22mm X 4mm 2.82g

DimensionComment: 

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

AgeComment: 

Uncalibrated radiocarbon dates available (Deacon, 1976): material from layers M and W are between 6980 +/- 65yBP to 5900 +/- 90yBP, with W overlaying M; material from MB are between 5900 +/- 90yBP to 2870 +/- 90yBP; and, CAFu and OMB are all younger than 2870 +/- 90yBP, with OMB overlaying CAFu. There are no absolute dates associated with A1543 and C691.

GeologicalPeriod: 

  • Holocene

PlaceOfUse: 

  • Eastern Cape

CulturalAssociation: 

  • LSA

Provenance: 

A1543 is described as ‘a stone implement fixed by means of resin to a wooden handle…Found with a skeleton in a cave near Plettenberg Bay…Purchased December 1908" (Deacon 1966: 87, originally published in Hewitt, 1912). 

C961 is ‘handle with resin attached, from a cave at Plettenberg Bay’ (Deacon 1966: 88, originally published in Hewitt, 1912).

There are no geographic coordinates associated with either specimens.

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.
Deacon, H. J. (1966). “Note on the X-ray of two mounted implements from South Africa.” Man 1(1): 87-90.
Hewitt, J. (1912). “Note on two remarkable implements presumably from Strandloper origin.” Records of the Albany Museum 2: 282-283.
Binneman, J. (1983). “Microscopic examination of a hafted tool.” South African Archaeological Bulletin 38(138): 93-95.
Hewitt, J. (1931). Artefacts from Melkhoutboom. South African Journal of Science 28: 540-548.
 
 

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