MICROMORPHOLOGY SAMPLE 6 - KEH CAVE 1

General

Object Auto ID

59352

Alternate Codes

objectautoid_sahrisv1_26855

sediment block in resin

Common Name

Micromorphology Sample 006 / record number 8811

Classified Name

Stone tool

STONE, WORKED

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

Analysis No.
Context- Layers
Grid Reference
Typology

25
CM
K3
misc retouch

26
Ph
M4
adze

27
A
Q3
blade

28
Ph
J3
scraper

29
Ph
K4
scraper

30
CM
N4
point

31
Ph
K5
scraper

32
A
P4
segment

33
A2
K4
adze

34
Ph
N4
adze

35
Ja
P4
broken blade

36
A
Q6
scraper

Description

Distinguishing Features

Analysis No.
Typology
max. dimensions H X L X W nearest mm
Raw material
Colour
Notes

25
misc retouch
4 x 34 x 9
crypto crystalline silicate
grey-brown with cortex

26
adze
8 x 45 x 25
crypto crystalline silicate
grey, brown residue

27
blade
7 x 27 x 11
crypto crystalline silicate
grey-brown

28
scraper
10 x 19 x 14
crypto crystalline silicate
grey, brown residue

29
scraper
8 x 18 x 15
crypto crystalline silicate
grey, brown residue

30
point
6 x 18 x 19
crypto crystalline silicate
grey, brown residue

31
scraper
7 x 26 x 18
quartzite
grey-rose, brown residue

32
segment
3 x 12 x 11
quartzite
grey, brown residue

33
adze
10 x 19 x 25
crypto crystalline silicate
beige, brown residue

34
adze
9 x 29 x 18
crypto crystalline silicate
grey, brown residue

35
broken blade
3 x 16 x 7
crypto crystalline silicate
grey, with ochre residue
No accession label

36
scraper
3 x 24 x 12
crypto crystalline silicate
grey
scraper in two fragments; no accession label

Measurement Type	Unit	Value
Width	cm	9.00	View
Height	cm	11.00	View
Depth	cm	8.00	View

History

Object Age Comment

Radiocarbon dates from underlying and overlying layers place the selected material between 8614 - 680yBP. The lithic specimens selected for export may be attributed to the Oakhurst and final Later Stone Age technocomplexes (as defined by Lombard et al. [2012]).

Geological Period

Pleistocene

Reference Types	Citation
Journal	Wadley, L. 2000. The Wilton and Pre-Ceramic Post-Classic Wilton Industries at Rose Cottage Cave and Their Context in the South African Sequence. The South African Archaeological Bulletin 55(172):90-106.	View
Journal	Wadley, L. 2000. The Early Holocene Layers of Rose Cottage Cave, Eastern Free State: Technology, Spatial Patterns and Environment. The South African Archaeological Bulletin 55(171): 18-31.	View
	Lombard, M., Wadley, L., Deacon, J., Wurz, S., Parsons, I., Mohapi, M., Swart, J., and P. Mitchell. 2012. South African and Lesotho Stone Age Sequence Updated (I). The South African Archaeological Bulletin 67(195): 120-144.	View
	Wadley, L. 2000. The Early Holocene Layers of Rose Cottage Cave, Eastern Free State: Technology, Spatial Patterns and Environment. The South African Archaeological Bulletin 55(171):18-31.	View
	Wadley, L. 2000. The Wilton and Pre-Ceramic Post-Classic Wilton Industries at Rose Cottage Cave and Their Context in the South African Sequence. The South African Archaeological Bulletin 55(172):90-106.	View
	Lombard, M., Wadley, L., Deacon, J., Wurz, S., Parson, I., Mohapi, M., Swart, J., and P. Mitchell. 2012. South African and Lesotho Stone Age Sequence Updated (I). South African Archaeological Bulletin 67(195):120-144.	View
	Wadley, L. 2000. The Early Holocene Layers of Rose Cottage Cave, Eastern Free State: Technology, Spatial Patterns and Environment. The South African Archaeological Bulletin 55(171): 18-31.	View
	Wadley, L. 2000. The Wilton and Pre-Ceramic Post-Classic Wilton Industries at Rose Cottage Cave and Their Context in the South African Sequence. The South African Archaeological Bulletin 55(172): 90-106.	View
	Lombard, M., Wadley, L., Deacon, J., Wurz, S., Parsons, I., Mohapi, M., Swart, J., and P. Mitchell. 2012. South African and Lesotho Stone Age Sequence Updated (I). The South African Archaeological Bulletin 67(195):120-144.	View

Site Association

Site Reference

KEH Cave 1

Stratigraphic Unit

Dense Hearth Aggregate to Dark Brown Spally Aggregate

x	y	z

Media

Assessments

Movements

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