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Post date: 20/10/2015
Alternate Code & Name: Site RH-33
Site RH-33, recorded in the McGregor Museum database as National Site Nr. 2923BD023, and in the landowner,
Leon Ferreira’s records as Historical Site 1, is situated on a prominent dolerite outcrop overlooking the Orange. A
number of Rock Art panels are present at the site, with at least 30 observed during the survey. More panels may be
present, situated further down slope of the hill, while the possibility of panels subjected to hill wash should not be
excluded. All art comprise of pecked engravings (petroglyphs), with a wide variety of motives depicted, including
primarily human and animal figurines. Anthropomorphic figurines, lines and dots seem to have been by far
secondary ‘ganres’ of depiction. Many panels are however quite weathered, making it impossible to identify the
original motive. The outcrops itself is literally scattered with lithic tools, clustered together in solution pockets between dolerite boulders. Identified lithics are primarily ascribed to the Later Stone Age (LSA), and including a variety of macrolithic
and micolithic types, with an evident admixture of Middle Stone Age (MSA) samples. Raw material use seems to
have centered on siliceous types, but including the variety of river pebble sources, local dolerite and hornfels. A
description of artefact density remains problematic; the result of artefacts being clustered in solution pockets,
resulting in notably unequal, secondary context distribution patterns. However, artefact densities remain notably
high with a rough estimated artefact ratio (artefacts: m²) being ≥20:0.25. Typical flake technology remains
prominent, with flakes, scrapers and cores being the primary types. The site will not be directly impacted on by inundation levels, being situated approximately 100m from the maximum inundation level. However, considering the significance of the site, proximity to the study site does call for additional recording of the Rock Art. McGregor Museum records indicate that a sample of the Stone Age record at the site has already been excavated.