Narosura (Culture Keyword)

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Fauna from Jangwani 2 - ageing (epiphyses)
DATASET Mary Prendergast.

Age data from non-intrusive postcranial remains of domesticates at Jangwani 2, Units 3 and 4 combined. Proximal metapodials and distal phalanges are excluded since these fused in the womb, and no unfused specimens were documented. Ageing follows Silver (1969). I/J = infant or juvenile; J = juvenile; J/A+ = juvenile or adult or older.


Fauna from Jangwani 2 - ageing (teeth)
DATASET Mary Prendergast.

Non-intrusive teeth of Bos taurus (cattle) at Jangwani 2, Units 3 and 4 combined, that could be aged (following Grant [1982]).


Fauna from Jangwani 2 - taxonomic distribution
DATASET Mary Prendergast.

Fauna from Jangwani 2, Units 3 and 4 combined. M = number of which are modern (intrusive).


Jangwani 2 excavations, Lake Eyasi basin, Tanzania
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Jangwani is a large open-air site or series of sites near the shores of Lake Eyasi, south of Mumba Rockshelter. The area was surveyed (surface collections only) by Kohl-Larsen (1943) and one site was named Wochenend Fundstelle (Weekend Site), renamed Jangwani 1 by Mehlman (1989), who excavated it. Gifford-Gonzalez (in Mehlman 1989) analyzed the fauna from J1. Kohl-Larsen also surveyed "Njoroan Fundstelle" (Njoroan Site), renamed Jangwani 2 by Mehlman, who did not excavate it. The late Charles...


Plan of Jangwani 2 excavations
IMAGE Mary Prendergast.

Plan of Jangwani 2 excavations