Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2920AC3
Site Name
Archaeological site
Site Category
Archaeological
References
Reference Types
Other Publication
Citation
Vanderwalt J, 2017. Brypaal Solar, Kenhardt.
Record Administration
Author
Ethe.Mngceke
Post date
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 09:11
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by Ethe.Mngceke on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 11:41.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
2920AB/Solar/Farm Brypaal 134/Site 2
Recording date
Recording Media
Digital Photos
GPS
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Stone Artefacts - Rock Types
CCS (Crypto crystalline silicate)
Quartz
Manufactured Artefact Types
Ceramics
Organic Artefacts/Contents
Bone
Ostrich Eggshell
Cultural Material Comments/Notes
The site consists of three stone circles measuring approximately 3 meters in diameter together with a scallop (half circle). In the southern portion of the site is a small cluster with a concentration of ceramics, lithics (on milky quartz and calcsilicates), ostrich eggshell (some are burned) and bone fragments. These features may represent the bases of huts, windbreaks or hunter’s hides
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.206023, 20.36385
Northern Cape
  • Z F Mgcawu
  • Kai !Garib
Administration of Protections
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 09/11/2023 - 06:05.
Administration Description

Date: 2017-08-01
General protection
Action Status: Accepted
Site Action: Conservation

Grading
Autoid
Grading - 228723
Submitted by
Submitted by Ethe.Mngceke on 08/01/2020 - 09:15.
Grading
Not Conservation Worthy
Grading Date
GradingComment

This Feature is of high significance and given a field rating of Generally Protected A. Grading by: Jaco van der Walt

Significance criteria
Significance Categories
Historical
Level
High
Statement of Significance

The site consists of three stone circles measuring approximately 3 meters in diameter together with a scallop (half circle). In the southern portion of the site is a small cluster with a concentration of ceramics, lithics (on milky quartz and calcsilicates), ostrich eggshell (some are burned) and bone fragments. These features may represent the bases of huts, windbreaks or hunter’s hides. These sites are linked to the historic /Xam communities of the area who followed a hunter-gatherer lifeway. 

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