Sample name: Sehonghong (BAS)

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: hearths, stone tools

Habitat comments: "Layer BAS (Brown Ashy Sand) consists of a relatively thick, fine, grey-brown ashy loam whose lithic assemblage was assigned to an early expression of the Robberg Industry". Hearths are present throughout all of the Pleistocene layers.
"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

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 654 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".

Sample no: 3986

Contributor no: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2022-08-25 16:28:02

Modified: 2023-05-30 01:41:04