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Post date: 28/04/2015
The total of the assessed 100ha proposed development area comprised of a mosaic of varying densities of Middle Stone Age (MSA) lithic artefacts. Recorded artefact ratios (artefacts: m²) ranged from 1:49 to 8:1, with some of the highest ratios having been present in the vicinity of CD2. Artefacts were primarily produced from white quarts. Other raw materials used included fine grained dolorite and jasperlite. The most prominent artefact type was irregular scrapers. The site is intersected with low rising (Ventersdorp lava) dolorite outcrops. Limited stratigraphic depth is expected; surface calcrete and quarts geological layers, the local raw material source, were often visible on the surface. Surface Stone Age artefacts extended well beyond the borders of the 100ha proposed development area and is expected to continue in typical varying densities towards the hills situated north north west (NNW) of the development area. The recorded MSA surface collection at Cnydas East will however temporally pre-date the Biesjepoort site, making it the earliest recorded Stone Age site situated in the general area.