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Post date: 20/01/2017
A large surface scatter of stone artefacts, sea shells and other artefactual material approximately 70 meters in diameter. Parts of the scatter are covered by windblown sand. This is an exceptional occurrence in that it contains a range of formal stone artefacts and numerous fragments of decorated ostrich eggshell. Raw materials include quartzite, quartz, silcrete and limestone with most of the formal microlithic artefacts made on silcrete. Formal types recognised include segments, backed scrapers, other backed pieces, adzes (few), thumbnail scrapers (few). Several multiple use upper grindstones and a partially complete bored stone were also observed. A range of discarded marine shells were recorded. Patella granatina and Patella longicosta are well represented and Turbo sarmaticus and Oxystele sp are also numerous. No ceramics were noted. Ostrich eggshell fragments are plentiful with several showing traces of incised decoration of the outer surfaces. mammal, reptile and fish bone was observed. The artefactual material suggests that the site pre-dates 2000 BP possibly in the range of between 4000-6000 BP.