Accession No

1950.775.37-38


Description

Two pieces of bone. One is a portion of long bone which shows wear and has had the cancellous bone removed.


Place

Africa; Somalia; Biede


Period

Late Stone Age Doian Strandlooper


Source

Clark, J. Desmond [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1950.775.37-38


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: These are from the Lower Midden at the type site i.e. the Biede rock-shelter at the mouth of the Lower Nogal. The horizon is the second post-pluvial wet phase to the present.
Event Date
Author: Shelise Robertson


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card (typed): 35 chert etc., flakes, cores, etc. and five pieces of shells and two pieces of bone of the Strandlooping variant of the Doian culture...There is also one further large, stone specimen'
Event Date
Author: Shelise Robertson


Context (Related Documents)
Three loose labels were found with the objects.
The first reads: 'Lower Midden Doian'.
The second reads: 'Biede Shelter. Nogal Estuary Mouth. L.S.A.S Tramdlooper Midden. Illustrated.'
The third reads: 'Doian Culture. Strandlooper variant. Type site - Biede Rockshelter. Horizon - Second post-plovial wet phase to recent.'
Event Date
Author: Shelise Robertson


Description (Physical description)
J. Desmond Clark (1954): 'Portion of long bone showing wear; the cancellous bone has also been removed.'
Event Date 1954
Author: Shelise Robertson


Context (References)
Clark, J. Desmond. 1954. The Prehistoric Cultures of the Horn of Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pl. 26, Nos. 35. P. 282ff.
Event Date 1954
Author: Shelise Robertson


Description (Physical description)
Two pieces of bone. One is a portion of long bone which shows wear and has had the cancellous bone removed.
Event Date 5/12/2018
Author: Shelise Robertson


FM:282240

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