Sample name: Sehonghong (SA)

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 SA (Sandy Ash) consists of a series of mottled orange-brown sandy loams, most strongly developed toward the front of the excavation trench, in the rear of which firmer, white ashy units were found. The layer included one hearth together with an Oakhurst stone tool assemblage".
"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, snakes, frogs, fishes, crustaceans, clams, snails

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 719 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".
"Layer SA was excavated in 24 units with 140 buckets of deposit removed".

Sample no: 3982

Contributor no: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2022-08-25 13:53:15

Modified: 2023-05-30 01:41:15