Nelson Bay Cave, Cape Province, South Africa: the Holocene levels
B.A.R. • Oxford, England : B.A.R., 1987 • Published In 1987 • Pages: 2 v. (xvii, 485 , 31 of plates)
By: Inskeep, R. R., Avery, Graham, Klein, R. G., Morris, A.G., Poggenpoel, C. A., Vogel, J. C..
Abstract
Inskeep's 'report sets out the combined results of the four seasons of excavation in Nelson Bay Cave (NBC) … The site is a large cave on the south side of the Robberg peninsula …[Although] NBC was clearly considerable disturbed, the … site was chosen for investigation …' (page 1). The site has strata that date from the Middle Stone Age to the present. This report only discusses the remains dating from the middle to later Holocene. There is evidence that the cave was used year-round, but Inskeep also feels the cave might have been used by two groups of people - one from the interior who may have visited in the summer, and one group that lived year-round on the coast. The remains from the cave include stone and bone tools, shellfish, faunal remains, beads, some floral remains, containers of ostrich and turtle, pottery and metal objects (not indexed), and burials.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2002
- Field Date
- 1964-1966, 1970-1971, 1979
- Coverage Date
- circa 6000 BP-circa 2000 BP
- Coverage Place
- Nelson Bay Cave; Cape Province, South Africa
- Notes
- R.R. Inskeep ; with contributions by G. Avery …[et al.]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 472-485)
- LCCN
- 87180938
- LCSH
- South Africa--Antiquities