Later Stone Age (Culture Keyword)

DATASET Mary Prendergast.

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

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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

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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...

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Fauna from Mumba Rockshelter, Unit 5, Separated by Level

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Fauna from Mumba Rockshelter, Unit 8, Separated by Level

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Fauna from Sonai Rockshelter, Level I - taxonomic representation. M = number of which are modern specimens/individuals

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Survivorship at Sonai Rockshelter, Level I, using only plotted specimens. Survivorship = Expected MNE based on the MNI estimated from only plotted specimens. Total MNI = 20, with 12 bovids, 1 suid, 4 equids, 3 humans.

IMAGE Mary Prendergast.

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.

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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...

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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).

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View of Mumba Rockshelter from the northwest (photograph by M. Prendergast). Note total station and person at right side for scale.

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View of Mumba Rockshelter from above, with excavation units indicated. Photograph by M. Prendergast.

IMAGE Mary Prendergast.

Sonai Rockshelter, viewed from the south downslope (left), and from the west upslope (right), prior to excavation. Recent Hadza hearths are visible towards the east wall in the right-hand photograph. Photographs by M. Prendergast

IMAGE Mary Prendergast.

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

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Plan of Sonai, showing the areas of excavation in 2005-2006

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Dates from Level I, which contains pottery (largely undecorated, remains unstudied - PN and/or IA?), lithics, 100% wild fauna, and human remains.

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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.

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Sonai Rockshelter is located at 1125 m altitude, in semi-open Acacia savanna approaching the slopes of Mt. Oldeani in the Lake Eyasi basin, ca. 4 km from the lake (which sits at ca. 1000 m asl). It has been used by Hadza hunter-gatherers repeatedly in recent years. It was excavated by M. Prendergast, A. Mabulla and M. Domínguez-Rodrigo in 2005-2006 and was sampled for OSL dating by Z. Jacobs and R. Roberts in 2007. Data presented here include radiocarbon dates and faunal remains from Level I...