Sonai Rockshelter (Site Name Keyword)
1-6 (6 Records)
Fauna from Sonai Rockshelter, Level I - taxonomic representation. M = number of which are modern specimens/individuals
Faunal data from Sonai Rockshelter Level I - survivorship
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.
Photographs of Sonai Rockshelter
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
Plan of Sonai Rockshelter
Plan of Sonai, showing the areas of excavation in 2005-2006
Radiocarbon dates from Sonai Rockshelter
Dates from Level I, which contains pottery (largely undecorated, remains unstudied - PN and/or IA?), lithics, 100% wild fauna, and human remains.
Sonai Rockshelter excavations
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...