부산대학교 도서관

The preliminary results of recent excavations (1981-1987) at Siphiso Shelter in the Lubombo escarpment of eastern Swaziland show a well dated sequence of stratified deposits with evidence of occupation during the Late Glacial and the early Holocene. The site appears to have been abandoned between c. 6500 BP and 2000 BP and then re-occupied in the late Holocene. The stone artefact sequence is compared with Later Stone Age assemblages from neighbouring regions of southern Africa. The results suggest that the Siphiso sequence is unusual in showing continuity of bladelet production between 12 000 and 7600 BP. Evidence for the use of a prepared core technique in the Late Glacial is also evaluated. The retouched tools of the early Holocene assemblage suggest an affinity with the Oakhurst Complex, while those of the later assemblages may be ascribed to the Wilton Complex.