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Krans Nature Reserve
Posted by Administrator (admin) on 01 Oct 2010
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As many of you know a survey was done of the Krans Nature Reserve on 27th March by two teams from the South African Archaeological Society. Dr Janette Deacon has sent us a draft copy of the report of their findings, while she awaits answers to questions she has and comments from her team. In essence the report says that the two teams walked to and fro across the reserve, one starting in the north the other in the south, searching for stone tools and other artefacts. All items found were photographed and replaced. Each team had a GPS and tracked their search paths.

 They report that the flat plateau above the valley of the Houtbaai River is littered with at least 1,100 stone tools of the Earlier, Middle and Later Stone Age. Most of the stone tools were associated with disturbed ground resulting from the creation of paths or the removal of stone or gravel. The largest clusters were found around outcrops of a blue-grey quartzite suitable for stone tool-making. Occasionally, nodules of milky quartz were also flaked, and pieces of red ochre were found throughout. Two hand axes from the Earlier Stone Age were seen in a dense concentration of flaked grey quartzite. As these artefacts usually occur in larger numbers, particularly at quarry sites like this one with abundant raw material, there is a strong chance that more could be buried below the surface. They are likely to have been made between 500,000 and 250,000 years ago.

 The great majority of the stone tools found in the Reserve are characteristic of the Middle Stone Age and the largest concentrations are towards the southern end where there is a substantial outcrop of grey quartzite. They include some good examples of prepared cores (stone artefacts that were designed to produce flakes of a predetermined size and shape) and snapped blades (sections of long blades that were deliberately snapped into smaller pieces for easy hafting). Middle Stone Age people probably returned to this valley many times between about 220,000 and 180,000 and again between 120,000 and 80,000 years ago when the climate was similar to the present.

 A final report will come by the end of May. This is very exciting news for Heritage members, as recommendations to retain the Krans as an undisturbed area will form part of the conclusions and recommendations in our ongoing efforts to attract support for the retention of the Krans Nature Reserve and its official proclamation as such a reserve. The working group (Myrna Robins, Bruce Milne, Margaret Milne, Rob Leiper and Atholl Hay) are also acquiring supportive letters from Cape Nature, WWF-SA, Dr John Hanks senior in his personal capacity and the National Botanical Institute. Well done to this working group.

 


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