Albany_Samples56-78

General

Object Auto ID

23988

Alternate Codes

objectautoid_sahrisv1_30253

Common Name

Albany Museum Mastic Samples 56-78

Classified Name

Mastic Samples

STONE, WORKED

Quantity

22.00

Object Description

Sample No.
Artefact No.
Level
Typology
Sample Type

56
69/49
CAFu
scraper
swab

57
69/49
CAFu
scraper
swab

58
69/49
CAFu
scraper
swab

59
69/49
CAFu
scraper
swab

60
69/276
M
scraper
2 swabs

61
69/276
M
scraper
swab

62
69/305
M
scraper
swab

63
69/305
M
scraper
swab

64
69/226
W
segment
2 swabs

65
69/226
W
segment
swab

66
69/240
W
segment
2 swabs

67
69/238
W
segment
swab

68
69/238
W
segment
swab

69/70
69/134
MB
scraper
3 fragments

71
69/134
MB
scraper
swab

72
69/136
MB
scraper
swab

73
69/136
MB
scraper
swab

74
A1543

hafted implement
17 fragments

75
A1543

hafted implement
semi-dissolved fragment and dried residue

76
C961

hafted implement
4 fragments

77
69/48
OMB
adze
14 fragments

78
69/48
OMB
adze
swab

Provenance

A1543 is described as ‘a stone implement fixed by means of resin to a wooden handle…Found with a skeleton in a cave near Plettenberg Bay…Purchased December 1908" (Deacon 1966: 87, originally published in Hewitt, 1912). C961 is ‘handle with resin attached, from a cave at Plettenberg Bay’ (Deacon 1966: 88, originally published in Hewitt, 1912).There are no geographic coordinates associated with either specimens.

Owner

Albany Museum - Archaeology

Description

Technique Types

Sample

Distinguishing Features

Sample No.
Sample Type
Color
Dimensions (mm)
Weight (including vial)

56
swab
white, black staining
28mm X 7mm
2.79g

57
swab
white, grey staining
22m X 4mm
2.79g

58
swab
white, grey staining
25mm X 8mm
2.78g

59
swab
white
28mm X 5mm
2.79g

60
2 swabs
white, brown/yellow staining
23mm X 7mm; 22mm X 6mm
2.89g

61
swab
white, black/brown staining
21mm X 5mm
2.78g

62
swab
white, black/brown staining
27mm X 5mm
2.77g

63
swab
white, yellow staining
29mm X 5mm
2.82g

64
2 swabs
white, grey staining
26mm X 4mm; 16mm X 4mm
2.95g

65
swab
white
29mm X 4mm
2.77g

66
2 swabs
white
21mm X 6mm; 24mm X 5mm
2.97g

67
swab
white, black/brown staining
29mm X 4nm
2.81g

68
swab
white
24mm X 4mm
2.82g

69/70
3 fragments
black/brown
2 frags 4-5mm, 1 frag

Measurement Type	Unit	Value

History

Object Age Comment

Uncalibrated radiocarbon dates available (Deacon, 1976): material from layers M and W are between 6980 +/- 65yBP to 5900 +/- 90yBP, with W overlaying M; material from MB are between 5900 +/- 90yBP to 2870 +/- 90yBP; and, CAFu and OMB are all younger than 2870 +/- 90yBP, with OMB overlaying CAFu.

There are no absolute dates associated with A1543 and C691.

Geological Period

Holocene

Cultural Association

LSA

Place of Use

Eastern Cape

Reference Types	Citation
Book	Deacon, H. J. (1976). Where Hunters Gathered: A Study of Holocene Stone Age People in the Eastern Cape. Claremont: South African Archaeological Society.	View
Journal	Deacon, H. J. (1966). “Note on the X-ray of two mounted implements from South Africa.” Man 1(1): 87-90.	View
Journal	Hewitt, J. (1912). “Note on two remarkable implements presumably from Strandloper origin.” Records of the Albany Museum 2: 282-283.	View
Journal	Binneman, J. (1983). “Microscopic examination of a hafted tool.” South African Archaeological Bulletin 38(138): 93-95.	View
Journal	Hewitt, J. (1931). Artefacts from Melkhoutboom. South African Journal of Science 28: 540-548.	View

Site Association

Site Reference

MKB

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Media

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