General
General
Object Auto ID
73388
Common Name
Lithic artifacts
Quantity
10.00
Object Description

Lithic artifacts from Sonstraal ESA site in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve that are to be subjected to destructive geochemical analysis.

Table of objects:

SAMPLE NUMBER    SAHRIS OBJECT ID                  SAHRIS OBJECT AUTO ID   MATERIAL     HORIZON 
20445                       Sonstraal_Geochem_lithics      73388                                   Quartzite        ESA         
20452                       Sonstraal_Geochem_lithics      73388                                   Quartzite        ESA  
20526                       Sonstraal_Geochem_lithics      73388                                   Quartzite        ESA  
20659                       Sonstraal_Geochem_lithics      73388                                   Quartzite        ESA  
20585                       Sonstraal_Geochem_lithics      73388                                   Quartzite        ESA  
20668                       Sonstraal_Geochem_lithics      73388                                   Quartzite        ESA 
20697                       Sonstraal_Geochem_lithics      73388                                   Quartzite        ESA 
20714                       Sonstraal_Geochem_lithics       73388                                   Quartzite        ESA  
20688                      Sonstraal_Geochem_lithics       73388                                   Quartzite        ESA 
20744                      Sonstraal_Geochem_lithics       73388                                   Quartzite        ESA 

Provenance

ESA Acheulean layers

Owner
McGregor Museum
Description
Material Types
Quartzite
Technique Types
Flaking
Colours
Grey
Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age
Between 0.9 to 1.3 million years ago (Ma)
Object Age Comment
The samples are from ESA Acheulean layers at Sonstraal, which have been dated using electron spin resonance (ESR), yielding an age range of 0.9 to 1.3 million years (Ma).
Geological Period
Pleistocene
Cultural Association
Early Acheulean artefacts
Date of Use
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
Site Reference
Sonstraal 1
Stratigraphic Unit
ESA horizon
x y z
Media
Sonstraal geochemical samples.pdf (368.32 KB)
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