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To this end , we have plotted the provenances of all recovered fragments of domestic fauna from nine excavated rock shelters in the upper valley . The overwhelming majority of these ( often abundant ) remains occur in the upper levels ...
To this end , we have plotted the provenances of all recovered fragments of domestic fauna from nine excavated rock shelters in the upper valley . The overwhelming majority of these ( often abundant ) remains occur in the upper levels ...
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These disadvantages are offset by very high yields of artefacts and fauna per unit volume of matrix . Such yields repay the rigorous excavation and recording procedures applied to them ( Sampson et al . 1989 : 7 ) .
These disadvantages are offset by very high yields of artefacts and fauna per unit volume of matrix . Such yields repay the rigorous excavation and recording procedures applied to them ( Sampson et al . 1989 : 7 ) .
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These middens are composed mainly of non - domestic fauna . The clearest projection ( Fig . 6C ) reveals a sequence of two pre - Contact faunal middens followed by a thick , possibly two - phase post - Contact midden .
These middens are composed mainly of non - domestic fauna . The clearest projection ( Fig . 6C ) reveals a sequence of two pre - Contact faunal middens followed by a thick , possibly two - phase post - Contact midden .
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abbreviated Adult Adult Adult archaeological aries Ovis aries back of Haaskraal Bos taurus Bos burrow Cape Town cattle remains cent confidence level composite sections showing Contact horizon context deepest GTPW sherd deepest recovered livestock DIRECT DATING DISTRIBUTION OF LIVESTOCK drip line European artefacts European livestock fibre-tempered wares Gastropoda Haaskraal Shelter historical livestock holotype hunter-gatherer incisor Karoo Khoi sherd kraal wall lowermost mandible fragment non-domestic fauna outliers overlying post-Contact Ovis aries Ovis Ovis/Capra paratypes pastoralists post-Contact livestock pre-Contact levels pre-Contact livestock pre-Contact specimens pre-European livestock radiocarbon dating rear recovered livestock relative relative to variable Roman numerals scientific name Seacow River Bushmen Seacow River valley Second phalanx sections showing positions selected pot sherds Shelter and talus shelter fills Sneeuberg SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM specimen below Contact spits deep stone kraals stratigraphic integrity Synonymy talus slope taurus Bos taurus taxon trekboers trench upper Seacow River upper valley vertebra Volstruisfontein