Sample name: Sehonghong (GAP)

Reference: I. Plug and P. Mitchell. 2008. Sehonghong: hunter-gatherer utilization of animal resources in the highlands of Lesotho. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 45:31-53 [ER 3742]

Lithology: ash

Taphonomic context: human accumulation, rock shelter

Archaeology: ceramics, hearths, stone tools, other structures

Habitat comments: "The GAP (Grey Ash with Pottery) layer is a soft, loose, light grey, charcoal-rich ashy layer". It marks the beginning of the period where the site was occupied by makers of a Ceramic Wilton lithic industry. "Identifiable features included a hearth and two pits, both 150 mm deep and densely packed with bone and potsherds".
"While not all of the animal remains in the deposit would have been accumulated by people, the intense degree of fragmentation and burning that characterizes the Sehonghong assemblages strongly suggests that people were responsible for acquiring almost all of the faunal remains".

Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals, birds, lizards, frogs, fishes, crustaceans, clams, snails

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 1668 specimens

Sampled by: P. Mitchell

Years: 1992

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "The primary excavation of the site was conducted by P. Mitchell in 1992. All sediment removed from the deposits was dry-sieved through a 1.5 mm mesh".
For GAP, "19 buckets of deposit were removed and the layer was excavated in a total of 10 units".

Sample no: 3979

Contributor no: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2022-08-25 12:07:46

Modified: 2023-05-30 01:41:23