Makwe Rock Shelter: Holocene, Zambia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pnasianidae indet.
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| ETE occurrence; species: Francolin | ||||||||||
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Lagenaria siceraria
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Suncas varillus
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Crytpomys lugardi
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30 individuals | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Gentianales
- Loganiaceae
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Strychnos cocculoides
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Poaceae
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Zea mays
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Rosaceae
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Parinari curatellifolia
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88 individuals | |||||||||
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Milioliporidae
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Cucurbita maxima
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Achatinidae
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Achatina indet.
Lamarck 1799
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| ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus sp.
Merrem 1820
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27 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Crocidura hirta
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14 individuals | |||||||||
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Crocidura luna
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Crocidura bicolor
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Herpestidae
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Herpestes sanguineus
Rüppell 1835
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis familiaris
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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Potamochoerus porcus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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20 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Oreotragus oreotragus
(Zimmermann 1783)
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Capra hircus
Linnaeus 1758
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Sylvicapra grimmia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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25 individuals | |||||||||
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Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Connochaetes taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Redunca arundinum
(Boddaert 1785)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope arundinum | ||||||||||
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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8 individuals | |||||||||
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Bos taurus
Linnaeus 1758
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48 individuals | |||||||||
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Syncerus caffer
(Sparman 1779)
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| original and current combination Bos caffer | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus burchelli
Gray 1824
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26 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Equus quagga burchelli | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Graphiurus murinus
Desmarest 1822
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Paraxerus cepapi
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Thryonomyidae
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Thryonomys swinderianus
(Temminck 1827)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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31 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Cryptomys lugardi
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30 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Nesomyidae
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Dendromus mystacalis
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Lemniscomys griselda
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Saccostomus campestris
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Aethomys chrysophilus
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Aethomys kaiseriwalambae
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Dasymys incomtus
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18 individuals | |||||||||
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Tatera valida
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15 individuals | |||||||||
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Tatera leucogaster
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Pelomys fallax
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Thallomys paedulcus
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Thamnomys dolichurus
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Praomys natalensis
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35 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Galagidae
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Galago senegalensis
Geoffroy 1796
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecus aethiops
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Chlorocebus aethiops | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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Tadarida sp.
Rafinesque 1814
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Macroscelididae
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Elephantulus brachyrhynchus
Smith 1834
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present category | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Heterohyrax brucei
(Gray 1868)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias gariepinus
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59 individuals | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Zambia |
| Coordinates: | 14.4° South, 31.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.4° South, 31.9° East |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | holocene |
| *International age/stage: | Holocene (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: on charcoal; dates range from 750 AD +-80 to 3480 BC +- 140 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: rocky kopje of qurtzofeldspathic rock | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: rock shelter | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 80000 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 713, Makwe Rock Shelter, | ||
| Database number: | 21894 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-13 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-13 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5210. | ETE 922 | D. W. Phillipson. 1976. The Prehistory of Eastern Zambia. Memoir of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 6 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |