Maropeng collection 001

General

Object Auto ID

46875

Alternate Codes

objectautoid_sahrisv1_62518

Common Name

Maropeng ESA lithics

Classified Name

Lithic

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Local Name

Maropeng ESA lithics

Quantity

90.00

Object Description

Cores and large cutting tools excavated from R. Moll's 2017 excavation as well as ex-situ finds from Pollarolo's 2010 study, that are currently curated at WITS

Provenance

These objects were excavated from pits M1, M2, M3, M4 and some were found in spoil heaps from building the Maropeng museum.

Owner

University of the Witwatersrand

Description

Material Types

Stone/Earth

Colours

Varied

Distinguishing Features

All lithics were made during the Early Stone Age and thus retain morphological features similar across the Techno-complex.

Measurement Type	Unit	Value

Dimension Comments

Varied dimensions

History

Object Age

2010 to 2019

Object Age Comment

The stone tools are estimated at 1 million years old

Geological Period

Pleistocene

Date Retrieved	Reference Types	Citation
	Journal	Pollarolo L. Susino G. Kuman K. and Bruxelles L. 2010. Acheulean artefacts at Maropeng in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, Gauteng Province, South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin, pp.3-12.	View
	Journal	Moll R.M. 2017. A technological study of the lithic artefacts from the Earlier Stone Age site of Maropeng in the Craddle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa (Masters dissertation).	View

Site Association

Site Reference

Maropeng

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Assessments

Movements

Declaration