Overview
Archaeology
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by nic.wiltshire on Saturday, March 22, 2025 - 00:00.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Recording Media
Digital Photos
GPS
Primary?
Yes
Physical Aspects
Fallen Rock Shelter
Physical Site Type
Overhang
Orientation/Direction Facing
S
W
Location Type
Open/Flat
Height (AGL)
Low
AccessDifficulty
Easy
Dimensions
Width
15.00m
Depth
4.50m
Height
1.50m
Classifications
Archaeological Time Periods
Deposit Info
Ash
Dung
Rocky
Sandy
Deposit Depth
50cm-1m
Stone Artefacts - Rock Types
Chert
Ochre
Quartz Crystal
Silcrete
Stone Artefact Notes
Few
Organic Artefacts/Contents
Bone
Charcoal
Ostrich Eggshell
Cultural Material Comments/Notes
Tortoise carapace
Rock Art
Rock Art Recordings
Submitted by nic.wiltshire on Saturday, March 22, 2025 - 00:00.
Identifiers
Classifications
Rock Art Damage Types
Motif Listing
Panel Sort descending | Images # | Tradition | Technique | Motif | Colours | Equipment | Facing | SP? | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Remnants/Faded Indeterminate | Red | ✖ | 2 short vertical lines | |||
1 | Finger Painted | Monochrome | Finger Dots Groups/Clusters | Yellow | ✖ | About 10 finger dots to right of animal | |||
2 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Indeterminate Animal | Yellow | Right (R) | ✔ | Possibly conflations of large animals, seemingly Eland torso, four legs and trunk(?) | ||
1 | Fine Line | Bichrome | Remnants/Faded Indeterminate | Red, Yellow | ✖ | Rectangular, yellow block with red on either side | |||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Paint Patch | Yellow | ✖ | ||||
1 | Finger Painted | Monochrome | Marks/Smears | Red | ✖ | ||||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Short Lines | Red | ✖ | About 7 short painted lines, above finger smears | |||
1 | Finger Painted | Monochrome | Finger Dots Groups/Clusters | Red | ✖ | About 140 finger dots | |||
2 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Possible Male | Red | Quiver | Right (R) | ✔ | Superpositioned with Elan, left tall clear figure, right faded legs | |
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Eland | Red | Left (L) | ✔ | No legs or head, clear tail, superpositioned with human figure | ||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Remnants/Faded Indeterminate | Red | ✖ | Very faded, possible small animal | |||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Indeterminate Human | Red | Indeterminate (I) | ✖ | Very faded | ||
2 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Remnants/Faded Indeterminate | Red | ✖ | ||||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Remnants/Faded Indeterminate | Red | ✖ | To right of figures | |||
2 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Possible Male | Red | Bag | Left (L) | ✖ | Left figure has reverse articulation and a bag, possible like between them | |
3 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Remnants/Faded Indeterminate | Red | ✖ | ||||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Paint Patch | Red | ✖ | Below and right of karossed figure | |||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Remnants/Faded Indeterminate | Red | ✖ | Around human figure | |||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Indeterminate Human, Possible Male | Red | Karosses | Left (L) | ✖ | ||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Remnants/Faded Indeterminate | Red | ✖ | On slab of rock, below left of swallow nest | |||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Remnants/Faded Indeterminate | Red | ✖ | ||||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Indeterminate Human | Red | Bag | Right (R) | ✖ | Really faded | |
15 | Crayon | Monochrome | Long Lines | Red | ✖ | Right from remnant figure legs, far at back of shelter, left of nook | |||
1 | Fine Line | Monochrome | Indeterminate Human | Red | Indeterminate (I) | ✖ | Just remnant legs, at back of shelter, low to deposit |
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.078559, 19.463198
Western Cape
- Cape Winelands
- Breede Valley
Site Address
South Africa
Directions to Site
West of northern side of pine tree cluster alongside jeep track.
Southern of edge of flat rock outcrop
Southern of edge of flat rock outcrop
Media
Media
Images uploaded directly to Site
Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings