Sample name: Sehonghong (ALP)

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,other structures

Habitat comments: "Layer ALP (Ashy Loam with Plants) consists of a series of predominantly reddish-brown or black ashy loams, many of which contain partly humified plant remains. It contained one pit and two shallow hearths, along with a ‘later Oakhurst’ lithic assemblage, featuring many retouched tools".
"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,turtles,frogs,fishes,clams,snails

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 1287 specimens

Sampled by: P. Mitchell

Years: 1992

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".
For Layer ALP, "188 buckets of deposit were removed in 39 units".

Sample number: 3981

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2022-08-25 13:25:17

Modified: 2023-05-30 01:41:18