Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2430CC146
    Site Name
    Artefact scatter
    Site Category
    References
    Reference Types
    Other Publication
    Citation
    Higgitt N., Du Piesanie J., Nel J., 2015. De Grooteboom Mining Permit Application.
    Record Administration
    Author
    Ethe.Mngceke
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Physical Aspects
    Physical Site Type
    Open Site
    Location Type
    Open/Flat
    AccessDifficulty
    Easy
    Classifications
    Archaeological Time Periods
    Diagnostic Stone Artefacts
    Retouched flakes
    Cultural Material Comments/Notes
    MSA stone flakes were identified on the surface in a large, extensively eroded area. Many of the tools show some signs of retouch and were made from rhyolite. There is an approximate density of one lithic per m2 of the MSA tools over an area of approximately 100 m x 100 m. There may be potential deposit within un-eroded areas as the lithics appear to have washed out of the walls of the erosion gully and washed from a higher elevation. This eroded area is located to the west of a non-perennial stream. The MSA flakes are located 80 m.
    from the proposed power line route.
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -24.926788, 30.134758
      Limpopo
      • Sekhukhune
      • Greater Tubatse-Fetakgomo
      Directions to Site
      The MSA flakes are located 80 m from the proposed power line route.
      Administration of Protections
      Administration Description

      Date: 2015-04-22
      The significance is negligible, therefore it falls under general protection.
      Action Status: Accepted
      Site Action: Conservation

      Grading
      Grading
      Not Conservation Worthy
      Grading Date
      GradingComment

      Stone Age lithic scatter of negligible cultural significance- General Protection IV C. Grading by: Natasha Higgitt#!#Justin du Piesanie

      Significance criteria
      Significance Categories
      Level
      Low
      Statement of Significance

      Stone Age lithic scatter of  negligible cultural significance.

      Media
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