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Post date: 28/06/2022
Common Name: CVR5
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This site is located along AR1b in the vicinity of the chain markers 16040 to 16180.
This site is located along AR1b in the vicinity of the chain markers 16040 to 16180.
The site extends over a large area (± 60 m) with the chain marker 16160, indicating the general middle of the site. The site consists of four shell middens that have been exposed by the bush clearance. These middens occur over the whole site suggesting that there is a spatial component and a settlement on top of this dune. The middens are well preserved and appear to be dense with stratigraphy. The middens have a variety of shell species that include brown mussels, oyster and cowry. More middens extend below the current top soil of the site. Several pottery fragments were recorded. One vessel was nearly complete and located along the western fringes of the site. Some of the pottery has a brown-red burnish. A radius-ulna of a large bovid was also recorded. Other bone is also well preserved. The site probably dates to the Late Iron Age or Historical Period.