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Bibliography archive: Mazel, AD. 1992. Collingham Shelter: the excavation of late Holocene deposits, Natal, South Africa. Natal Museum Journal of Humanities 4 : 1-51
Bibliography archive: Mazel, AD. 1992. Collingham Shelter: the excavation of late Holocene deposits, Natal, South Africa. Natal Museum Journal of Humanities 4 : 1-51
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Situated on a tributary of the kwaManzamnyama River, close to Spioenkop near Nottingham Road. 20 metres of surrounding land, situated on thr Remainder of the farm FP.37 No.7649in the District of Mpendle, Province of Natal.
Situated on a tributary of the kwaManzamnyama River, close to Spioenkop near Nottingham Road. 20 metres of surrounding land, situated on thr Remainder of the farm FP.37 No.7649in the District of Mpendle, Province of Natal.
Archive Import: Collingham Shelter's deep and well preserved deposit has afforded archaelogists a very rare opportunity to study an exceptionally detailedand representative depiction of life on the Natal protea savanna ove a short period duringthe incom
History:Contains an approx 50cm deep deposit, 80-90% of which accumulated in a 150year period around 1800m years ago. Subsequent occupations resulted in thin deposits dating to around 100 and 700 years before present. The final occupation may have incom.
Visual Description: North-facing. In the Clarens Formation at an altitude of 1800m. The ceiling has collapsed, was removed to allow access to the deposit. Pieces of painted rock occured in the deposit. The excavator identified 19 difference stratigraphic units.
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Site Features: Protea savanna
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Catalogue: Whitelaw, 1994, No: , Significance Category: HCS