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Post date: 25/03/2015
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Another coordinates for this site 32°08.4600'S 18°18.4509'E.
Another coordinates for this site 32°08.4600'S 18°18.4509'E.
This is a denser patch of shell on a virtually continuous scatter that covers the higher
vegetated dunes towards the south end of the survey area. Two trial excavations (to a depth
of 1 m) indicate varying sub-surface conditions. The first of these showed no evidence of any shell lenses while the second revealed that the first 100 mm contained dense Choromytilus meridionalis (with some Patella sp) followed by a layer of light soil and a Patella lens (P. granatina, P. argenvillei, P. granularis) at a depth of 300 mm. Fragments of pottery on the surface indicate that some components of this scatter date to after 2000 years ago. Initial indications are that the area of the scatter contains material dating to after 2000 years ago, between 2-3000 years ago (megamidden period) and possibly older (Patella lens).