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UMLANDO-MPE 56
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Post date: 17/07/2015
Alternate Code & Name: MPE 56
MPE56 is located on the second dune cordon from Lake Nhlabane. The site has been exposed, and damaged, by exploration drilling and bush clearance. The MPE56 consists of at least two shell middens, several pottery sherds, and faunal remains and an ochre nodule. The shell includes Perna perna, Patella spp. (limpets) and Ostrideae (oyster). The faunal remains
are from a large bovid and are well preserved. The pottery sherds are thin-walled and one has a red burnish. This suggests that it dates to the early to middle Late Iron Age.
The site consists of various shell middens, heavily disturbed by bush clearance and road cutting. Pottery: LIA thin-walled. SAMPLED 1x nodule of ochre, Bone fragments (possibly human), but no further evidence could be located. Shell: Perna perna, Rock oyster + limpets