Antiquity of stone-walled tidal fish traps on the Cape coast South African
| dc.contributor.author | Hine, Phillip James | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sealy, Judith | |
| dc.contributor.author | Halkett, David | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hart, Tim | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-14T10:40:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-07-14T10:40:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-12T09:18:15Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper attempts to answer a long-standing question in South African archaeology: the age of stone-walled tidal fish traps generally believed to date back to pre-colonial times. Since the stone walls cannot be directly dated, we sought datable fish bone in nearby archaeological sites. Four open shell middens at Paapkuil Fontein, near Cape Agulhas, were excavated and analysed and the contents of two previously excavated middens at Still Bay were studied. Both areas are renowned for their numerous fish traps, but lack detailed archaeological studies. The middens yielded very little, if any fish bone, so are probably unrelated to the traps. There is, by contrast, a great deal of archival evidence for the building and use of stone fish traps by historical communities, with traps repeatedly built and dismantled in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Given the lack of any direct evidence in Later Stone Age sites, a pre-colonial age for the practice of fishing with stone-walled tidal fish traps can no longer be entertained. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Hine, P. J., Sealy, J., Halkett, D., & Hart, T. (2010). Antiquity of stone-walled tidal fish traps on the Cape coast South African. <i>South African Archaeological Bulletin</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24741 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Hine, Phillip James, Judith Sealy, David Halkett, and Tim Hart "Antiquity of stone-walled tidal fish traps on the Cape coast South African." <i>South African Archaeological Bulletin</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24741 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hine, P., Sealy, J., Halkett, D., & Hart, T. (2010). Antiquity of stone-walled tidal fish traps on the Cape coast, South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 35-44. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Hine, Phillip James AU - Sealy, Judith AU - Halkett, David AU - Hart, Tim AB - This paper attempts to answer a long-standing question in South African archaeology: the age of stone-walled tidal fish traps generally believed to date back to pre-colonial times. Since the stone walls cannot be directly dated, we sought datable fish bone in nearby archaeological sites. Four open shell middens at Paapkuil Fontein, near Cape Agulhas, were excavated and analysed and the contents of two previously excavated middens at Still Bay were studied. Both areas are renowned for their numerous fish traps, but lack detailed archaeological studies. The middens yielded very little, if any fish bone, so are probably unrelated to the traps. There is, by contrast, a great deal of archival evidence for the building and use of stone fish traps by historical communities, with traps repeatedly built and dismantled in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Given the lack of any direct evidence in Later Stone Age sites, a pre-colonial age for the practice of fishing with stone-walled tidal fish traps can no longer be entertained. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Archaeological Bulletin LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Antiquity of stone-walled tidal fish traps on the Cape coast South African TI - Antiquity of stone-walled tidal fish traps on the Cape coast South African UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24741 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24741 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Hine PJ, Sealy J, Halkett D, Hart T. Antiquity of stone-walled tidal fish traps on the Cape coast South African. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24741. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Archaeology | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Archaeological Bulletin | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.archaeologysa.co.za/saab | |
| dc.subject.other | fish trap | |
| dc.subject.other | weir | |
| dc.subject.other | Later Stone Age | |
| dc.subject.other | shell midden | |
| dc.title | Antiquity of stone-walled tidal fish traps on the Cape coast South African | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |