Uitdraai 33, South Africa

George M. Leader; Matt G. Lotter; Tim Forssman; Lloyd Herbst

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20290-2_112

Uitdraai 33, South Africa

George M. Leader, Matt G. Lotter, Tim Forssman, Lloyd Herbst

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Uitdraai 33 (29.56° S, 22.86° E; Figs. 1 and 2) is located 16 km from the town of Prieska in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. This site was first visited in August 2007 to assess the archeological potential of a large terrace in a bend of the Orange River. This visit revealed that the terraces are characterized by a large banded ironstone outcropping, situated on top of a Miocene-aged river terrace (Fig. 3). Because the terrace was to be destroyed by mining development, it was decided to perform a limited archaeological investigation of the site to extract assemblage and regional data and to contribute to our understanding of the province’s Stone Age sequence. Through a systematic surface survey and collection, assemblages were retrieved from three sections of the terrace, comprising samples of prepared and organized cores, points, blades, and bifaces. Three small-scale excavations were also conducted on each of the terrace sections.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa
Subtitle of host publication	Hominin behavior, geography, and chronology
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	1699-1709
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031202902
ISBN (Print)	9783031202896
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20290-2_112
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2023

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