Kansyore (Culture Keyword)
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Limb epiphysis fusion states of possible domesticates at Mumba, following Silver (1969). J = juvenile; J/A = juvenile or young adult; J/A+ = juvenile or adult or older; Indet. = indeterminate
Fauna from Mumba - ageing data (teeth)
Teeth of domesticates or possible domesticates that could be aged at Mumba, following Grant (1982). LM = lower molar; LP = lower premolar; UM = upper premolar; M = molar
Fauna from Mumba - survivorship data
Survivorship (%MNE) for elements at Mumba Rockshelter Small mammal expected MNE (xMNE) values based on the following MNI for each level: Level II-1: 6 small bovids, 1 carnivore/primate, 1 suid (total MNI = 8) Levels III-1/2: 9 small bovids, 3 suids, 7 carnivores/primates, 1 aardvark (total MNI = 20) Level III-3: 7 small bovids, 2 suids, 3 carnivores/primates (total MNI = 12) Large mammal expected MNE (xMNE) values based on the following MNI for each level: Level II-1: 3 large bovids, 1...
Fauna from Mumba Rockshelter, Unit 5, Separated by Level
Fauna from Mumba Rockshelter, Unit 5, Separated by Level
Fauna from Mumba Rockshelter, Unit 8, Separated by Level
Fauna from Mumba Rockshelter, Unit 8, Separated by Level
Faunal data from Pundo Unit A (all horizons)
Faunal data from Pundo Unit A (all horizons)
Faunal data from Wadh Lang'o Trench 1 (2001)
Worksheets 9.1-9.6 Taxonomic information by level, where: 80-120 cm = Urewe/historic Luo 120-140 cm = Elmenteitan/Urewe 140-160 cm = Elmenteitan 160-190 cm = Elmenteitan/Kansyore 190-250 cm = Kansyore 250-320 cm = Kansyore Worksheets 9.7-9.9: ageing data for domesticats Worksheets 9.10-9.12: taphonomic data
Kansyore ceramics from Mumba Rockshelter
Kansyore ceramics recovered from Mumba in the 2005 (a-d) and 1981 (e-f) field seasons. All photographs by M. Prendergast. Scale bars = 2 cm.
Kansyore ceramics from Trench 1 at Wadh Lang'o
Kansyore ceramics from Trench 1 at Wadh Lang'o
Map of Winam Gulf showing site location
Map of Kansyore sites (open circles) in the Winam Gulf region of Nyanza Province, western Kenya, showing location of Wadh Lang'o. Closed circle = modern city.
Map of Winam Gulf showing site location
Map of Winam Gulf, Nyanza province, western Kenya, showing location of Pundo and other Kansyore sites (open circles). Closed circle = modern city.
Mumba Rockshelter (Tanzania) re-excavation
Mumba Rockshelter is located in Mang'ola Basin, at ca. 1046 m asl, about 2.3 km from the current shore of Lake Eyasi (which is dry most of the year). It is found in a series of inselbergs (containing several other shelters) called the Laghang-Ishimijega hills, running parallel to the lake. The shelter contains rock paintings documented by L. Kohl-Larsen (1943). It was excavated in 1934-36 and a very large "test" excavation was led by M. Kohl-Larsen in 1938 (L. Kohl-Larsen 1943, Müller-Beck...
Mumba Rockshelter stratigraphy
Revised Mumba stratigraphy after 2005 excavations. Plan (upper left) shows excavation units, which are shaded in the profile drawing. Upper right diagram shows correlation between our revised geological units and Mehlman’s Beds I-VI. Drawing by L. Luque of the Teruel Paleontological Foundation, Spain (Prendergast et al. 2007: Figure 7).
Photograph of Mumba Rockshelter
View of Mumba Rockshelter from the northwest (photograph by M. Prendergast). Note total station and person at right side for scale.
Photograph of Mumba Rockshelter from above
View of Mumba Rockshelter from above, with excavation units indicated. Photograph by M. Prendergast.
Plan of Mumba Rockshelter, 2005-6 excavations
Plan of Mumba Rockshelter, showing Kohl-Larsen excavation area (center) and dump (left), and Mehlman’s trenches (I-IV) and Prendergast et al.'s trenches (5-8). Adapted by M. Prendergast from the original plan drawn by Mehlman (1989:Figure 4.2). Tr. = Trench/Unit
Pundo site, Nyanza Province, western Kenya
Zooarchaeological analysis of Unit A at Pundo (GqJa4) shell midden in northern Nyanza province, western Kenya. Pundo was excavated by the British Institute in Eastern Africa under the leadership of Paul Lane (University of York). Faunal analysis was conducted by Mary Prendergast at the BIEA and National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi.
Radiocarbon dates from Wadh Lang'o
Radiocarbon dates (AMS/charcoal) from Trench 1 at Wadh Lang'o
Radiometric dates from Mumba Rockshelter
Includes dates from Mehlman (1989) and Prendergast et al (2007; Prendergast 2008) excavations. Does not include dates currently in progress by Gliganic, Jacobs and Roberts.
Wadh Lang'o site, Kenya
Zooarchaeological analysis and radiocarbon dating of a multicomponent site in Nyanza province, western Kenya. The site lies at ca. 1200 m asl, alongside rapids of the Sondu-Miriu River, which empties into the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria. The site was excavated by National Museums of Kenya (led by F. Odede) with support from British Institute in Eastern Africa in 2000-2001, and by the British Institute (led by C. Ashley) in 2004. Data here are from Trench 1 of the 2001 excavations only. Trench...