Identification of the sedge Cladium mariscus subsp. Jamaicense and its possible use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal.
| dc.contributor.author | Sievers, C | |
| dc.contributor.author | Muasya, A | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-27T11:56:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-27T11:56:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-07-27T11:55:13Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Middle Stone Age deposits at Sibudu contain sedge (Cyperaceae) nutlets, which previously have been interpreted as indirect evidence of bedding. Scanning electron microscopy was used to identify the sedge nutlets through comparison of archaeological specimens with modern analogues. The presence of nutlets of Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl subsp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kuk, a 1-3 m tall sedge with long scabrid leaves, was unexpected and challenges the bedding hypothesis because of the minute sharp hairs along the midrib and margins of the leaf blades. Nevertheless, we argue for the use ofCladium as bedding material, possibly as the foundation on which softer material was laid. It is possible that the Cladium nutlets and rhizomes may have been eaten and that the plant was also used as kindling or fuel. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Sievers, C., & Muasya, A. (2011). Identification of the sedge Cladium mariscus subsp. Jamaicense and its possible use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal. <i>Southern African Humanities</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20886 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Sievers, C, and A Muasya "Identification of the sedge Cladium mariscus subsp. Jamaicense and its possible use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal." <i>Southern African Humanities</i> (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20886 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sievers, C., & Muasya, A. M. (2011). Identification of the sedge Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense and its possible use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal. Southern African Humanities, 23, 77-86. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2305-2791 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Sievers, C AU - Muasya, A AB - The Middle Stone Age deposits at Sibudu contain sedge (Cyperaceae) nutlets, which previously have been interpreted as indirect evidence of bedding. Scanning electron microscopy was used to identify the sedge nutlets through comparison of archaeological specimens with modern analogues. The presence of nutlets of Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl subsp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kuk, a 1-3 m tall sedge with long scabrid leaves, was unexpected and challenges the bedding hypothesis because of the minute sharp hairs along the midrib and margins of the leaf blades. Nevertheless, we argue for the use ofCladium as bedding material, possibly as the foundation on which softer material was laid. It is possible that the Cladium nutlets and rhizomes may have been eaten and that the plant was also used as kindling or fuel. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Southern African Humanities LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 SM - 2305-2791 T1 - Identification of the sedge Cladium mariscus subsp. Jamaicense and its possible use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal TI - Identification of the sedge Cladium mariscus subsp. Jamaicense and its possible use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20886 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20886 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sahumanities.org/ojs/index.php/SAH/article/view/57 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Sievers C, Muasya A. Identification of the sedge Cladium mariscus subsp. Jamaicense and its possible use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal. Southern African Humanities. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20886. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | KwaZulu-Natal Museum | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Southern African Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.sahumanities.org/ojs/index.php/SAH/index | |
| dc.subject.other | Middle Stone Age | |
| dc.subject.other | Sibudu | |
| dc.subject.other | Cyperaceae | |
| dc.subject.other | Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense | |
| dc.subject.other | bedding | |
| dc.subject.other | kindling | |
| dc.subject.other | fuel | |
| dc.title | Identification of the sedge Cladium mariscus subsp. Jamaicense and its possible use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal. | en_ZA |
| 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 |