Gileodabeshta 2 (Site Name Keyword)
1-5 (5 Records)
Age data, following Silver (1969), from non-intrusive postcranial remains of domesticates at Gileodabeshta 2, Units 4 and 5 combined. Proximal metapodials and distal phalanges are excluded since these fused in the womb, and no unfused specimens were documented. I = infant; I/J = infant or juvenile; J = juvenile; J/A+ = juvenile or adult or older; A+ = adult or older
Fauna from Gileodabeshta 2 - ageing (teeth)
Non-intrusive teeth of domesticates at Gileodabeshta 2, Units 4 and 5 combined, that could be aged, following Grant (1982).
Fauna from Gileodabeshta 2 - taxonomic distribution
Fauna from Gileodabeshta 2, Units 4 and 5 combined. M = number of which are modern (intrusive)
Gileodabeshta 2 excavations, Lake Eyasi, Tanzania
Gileodabeshta is located at 1035 m asl in open grasslands, near where the Matete River runs into Lake Eyasi (which lies at ca. 1000 m asl). It is very close to Ishimijega Shelter (Mehlman 1989). Gileodabeshta was originally called "Matete-Streminsel Fundstelle" or "Flussinsel im Matete" by Kohl-Larsen (1943) and was called "Matete River Site" by Mehlman (1989). It was surface-collected by Kohl-Larsen, and Mehlman studied the collections and identified mainly SPN-Narosura pottery as well as some...
Plan of Gileodabeshta 2 excavations
Plan of Gileodabeshta 2 excavations