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Geelbek Dunes Prehistoric Dataset, Western Cape, South Africa
Authors/Creators
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Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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University of Tübingen
Description
These Stone Age archaeological datasets were collected between 1998 and 2006 by a team from the Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology of the University of Tübingen (Germany) headed by Nicholas J. Conard. Many South African and German researchers collaborated on this project, with John E. Parkington, John Compton, John Rodgers, Dave Roberts, Stephan Woodborne, James Brink, Judith Sealey, Peter Felix-Henningsen, and Markus Fuchs making substantial contributions.
The field work took place in the Geelbek Dunes located within the West Coast National Park near Langebaan, Western Cape, South Africa. The field work was conducted with the help of students from the universities of Tübingen and Cape Town. The datasets are predominantly in English (with some in German) and include field data in the MAIN table. Further analytical data for many classes of artifacts include: LITHICS, FAUNA, SHELL, OES (ostrich eggshell), POTTERY, MODERN, BUCKETS, REFITS.
All collected materials are curated by the Iziko South African Museums in Cape Town under accession numbers SAM-AA-9008 (finds from 1998), SAM-AA-9009 (finds from 1999), SAM-AA-9010 (finds from 2000), SAM-AA-9011 (finds from 2001), SAM-AA-9020 (finds from 2002-2007).
Funding for this research project came mainly from the German Research Foundation (DFG - CO 226/5-1, 5-2, 5-5 and 5-6) and the University of Tübingen. Significant support was provided by the Iziko South African Museums, the West Coast National Park, and the University of Cape Town.
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Additional details
Additional titles
- Alternative title (English)
- A Study of the Landscape Archaeology of a Large-Scale Open Air Archaeological Site on Langebaan Lagoon
Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Die steinzeitliche Archäologie der Geelbek-Dünen, Südafrika CO 226/1-6
Dates
- Collected
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1998Start of data collection
- Collected
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2006End of data collection
References
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- 2. Kandel, A.W. & Conard, N.J. (2013). Stone Age Economics and Landuse in the Geelbek Dunes. In: A. Jerardino, A. Malan & D. Braun (Eds.) The Archaeology of the West Coast of South Africa. British Archaeological Reviews International Series 2526, Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 84. Archaeopress, Oxford, pp. 24-49.
- 3. Kandel, A.W. & Conard, N.J. (2012). Settlement patterns during the Earlier and Middle Stone Age around Langebaan Lagoon, Western Cape (South Africa). Quaternary International 270: 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.038
- 4. Thomas, D.B., Chinsamy A., Conard, N.J. & Kandel, A.W. (2012). Chemical investigation of mineralisation categories used to assess taphonomy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 361-362: 104-110.
- 5. Conard, N.J., Walker, S.J., & Kandel, A.W. (2008). How heating and cooling and wetting and drying can destroy dense faunal elements and lead to differential preservation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 266: 236-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.011
- 6. Fuchs, M., Kandel, A.W., Conard, N.J., Walker, S.J., & Felix-Henningsen, P. (2008). Geoarchaeological and chronostratigraphical investigations of open-air sites in the Geelbek Dunes, South Africa. Geoarchaeology 23: 425-449. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20226
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- 8. Conard N.J. & Kandel, A.W. (2006). The economics and settlement dynamics of the later Holocene inhabitants of near coastal environments in the West Coast National Park (South Africa). In: H.-P. Wotzka (Ed.) Grundlegungen. Beiträge zur europäischen und afrikanischen Archäologie für Manfred K.H. Eggert, pp. 329-355. Tübingen: Francke.
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- 12. Kandel, A.W. & Conard N.J. (2005). Production sequences of ostrich eggshell beads and settlement dynamics in the Geelbek Dunes of the Western Cape, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 32, 1711-1721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2005.05.010
- 13. Avery, G., Kandel, A.W., Klein, R.G., Conard, N.J. & Cruz-Uribe, K. (2004). Tortoises as food and taphonomic elements in palaeo « landscapes ». In: J.-P. Brugal & J. Desse (Eds.) Petits Animaux et Sociétés Humaines. Du Complément Alimentaire aux Ressources Utilitaires: XXIVe rencontres internationales d'archéologie et d'histoire d'Antibes. Antibes: Editions APDCA, pp. 147-161.
- 14. Conard, N.J., Soressi, M., Parkington, J.E., Yates, R. & Wurz, S. (2004). Developing a Unified Lithic Taxonomy: Results of Lithic Workshops in Cape Town and Stellenbosch. South African Archaeological Bulletin 59: 12-16. https://doi.org/10.2307/3889318
- 15. Dietl, H. (2004). Die Freilandfundstellen von Geelbek und Anyskop in Südafrika: das Siedlungsverhalten während des Middle Stone Age. (The open-air sites of Geelbek and Anyskop in South Africa: Settlement dynamics in the Middle Stone Age.) Master's Thesis, University of Tübingen, Germany, 194 pp.
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- 17. Felix-Henningsen, P., Kandel, A.W. & Conard, N.J. (2003). The significance of calcretes and paleosols on ancient dunes of the Western Cape, South Africa, as stratigraphic markers and paleoenvironmental indicators. In: G. Füleky (Ed.) Papers of the 1st International Conference on Soils and Archaeology, Százhalombatta, Hungary, 30 May - 3 June 2001. BAR International Series 1163, pp. 45-52.
- 18. Kandel, A.W. & Conard, N.J. (2003). Scavenging and processing of whale meat and blubber by Later Stone Age people of the Geelbek Dunes, Western Cape. South African Archaeological Bulletin 58: 91-93. www.jstor.org/stable/i376237
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- 24. Felix-Henningsen, P., T.J. Prindiville & Conard, N.J. (2001). Paleoecology and archaeology of the coastal dunes of the Western Cape, South Africa: I. Sequences of paleosols on ancient dunes as stratigraphical markers and paleoenvironmental indicators. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Soils and Archaeology, Százhalombatta, Hungary, 30. May – 3. June 2001. G. Füleky (ed.), pp. 157-159. Gödölló: Környezetkíméló Agrokémiáért Alapítvány.
- 25. Prindiville, T.J., P. Felix-Henningsen & Conard N.J. (2001). Paleoecology and archaeology of the coastal dunes of the Western Cape, South Africa: II. Spatial archaeology and taphonomic processes. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Soils and Archaeology, Százhalombatta, Hungary, 30. May – 3. June 2001. G. Füleky (ed.), pp. 153-156. Gödölló: Környezetkíméló Agrokémiáért Alapítvány.
- 26. Conard, N.J. (2000). Stone Age Archaeology and Paleoecology of the Geelbek Dunes, West Coast National Park, South Africa: Report on the 2000 Fieldwork. (Annual Report to South African Heritage Resources Agency).
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- 28. Conard, N.J., Prindiville, T.J. & Kandel, A.W. (1999). The 1998 Fieldwork on the Stone Age Archaeology and Paleoecology of the Geelbek Dunes, West Coast National Park, South Africa. South African Field Archaeology 8: 35-45.
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