NDLI: Late Holocene Fauna from Kuidas Spring in Namibia

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Author	Badenhorst, Shaw Veldman, Anzel Lombard, Marlize
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	We present the results of faunal analyses from the recently excavated site of Kuidas Spring in north-western Namibia. The site includes rock shelters, stone circles and stone cairns. Stone circles, which were built during the last 1500 years, are widely distributed over much of Namibia and parts of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Current interpretations suggest that after the introduction of livestock 2300 years ago, hunter-gatherers who became herders built stone circle settlements. However, our results based on the faunal remains indicate that Kuidas Spring was exploited as a hunting resource, and whether or not herders with (or without their) livestock occupied or visited the site remains unconfirmed. We also found that gemsbok made use of stone circles at Kuidas Spring when these features were not inhabited and show how such activity might impact the interpretation of archaeological material.Nous présentons les résultats d’analyses fauniques issus du site récemment fouillé de Kuidas Spring situé dans le Nord-Ouest de la Namibie. Le site comprend des abris sous-roches, des cercles de pierre et des cairns de pierre. Les cercles de pierre, qui ont été construit au cours des 1 500 dernières années, sont largement présents dans toute la Namibie et dans une partie de la Province de Northern Cape en Afrique du Sud. Les interprétations actuelles suggèrent qu’après l’introduction de l’élevage il y a 2 300 ans, les chasseurs-cueilleurs devenus éleveurs auraient construits ces cercles. Cependant, nos résultats basés sur les restes fauniques indiquent que Kuidas Spring était exploité comme un site de chasse, et l’hypothèse selon laquelle les éleveurs avec (ou sans) leur bétail auraient occupé ou visité le site, reste à confirmer. Nous avons également constaté que les oryx auraient occupé les cercles de pierre de Kuidas Spring quand ceux-ci n’étaient pas habités, et nous expliquerons dans quelle mesure une telle occupation pourrait avoir des conséquences sur l’interprétation du matériel archéologique.
Starting Page	29
Ending Page	44
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02630338
Journal	African Archaeological Review
Volume Number	33
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15729842
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-09-21
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Stone circle Namibia Later Stone Age Livestock Pastoralism Archaeology Anthropology Regional and Cultural Studies
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Archeology Archeology (arts and humanities)

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