. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 170 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM n. 0 5 J I I I I I cm Fig. 35. Mastic-impregnated sand artefact from layer 2, SAM-AA3330. layer 12, or whether this later form was introduced from elsewhere during the period between the two occupations. Nevertheless, it is evident from the bulk of the layer 12 material that pot-making was not a technological invention at DK 1: the origin of this tradition is a problem that cannot be answered by material from this site alone. MISCELLANEOUS An unusual piece of ma
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 170 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM n. 0 5 J I I I I I cm Fig. 35. Mastic-impregnated sand artefact from layer 2, SAM-AA3330. layer 12, or whether this later form was introduced from elsewhere during the period between the two occupations. Nevertheless, it is evident from the bulk of the layer 12 material that pot-making was not a technological invention at DK 1: the origin of this tradition is a problem that cannot be answered by material from this site alone. MISCELLANEOUS An unusual piece of mastic-impregnated fine sand was found in layer 2. Its shape suggests that it might have served to unite four minor barbs to the main shaft of an arrow (Fig. 35). There is no ethnographical or historical record of such arrows being used by Bushmen or Hottentots. LITHIC ARTEFACTS Introduction Goodwin (1938a: 219) described the stone artefacts from Klipkop as '. . broken in use rather than to any plan. They consist of chipped and split sea pebbles.' This also describes aptly the lithic assemblage at DK 1, though it will be seen that it also includes some backed and formal microliths. In some sense this was an advantage as it encouraged looking at the stone tool component less as a culture marker and more as a source of information on adaptive Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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