Ishango - Z. Post-Em.: Holocene, Congo-Kinshasa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
47 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mainly bynni
Actinopteri - Siluriformes
Siluriformes indet.
8 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Siluriformes
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
165 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. gariepinus, mak - species name from unique name
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mostly frontosus
Synodontis frontosus Vaillant 1895
11 specimens
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bagridae
Bagrus sp. Bosc 1816
378 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name
Actinopteri - Centropomidae
Lates niloticus (Linnaeus 1758)
8 specimens
Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Tilapiini indet. Carnevale et al. 2003
136 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tilapiini
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851
1 specimen
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Accipitridae
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Bubo lacteus (Temminck 1820)
2 specimens
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: eggshell
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas 1770)
1 specimen
Larus fuscus Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Larus cirrhocephalus (Vieillot 1818)
1 specimen
recombined as Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegodon sp. Falconer 1857
Yellen et al. 1987 1 specimen
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Dendrohyrax arboreus (Smith 1827)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Diceros or Ceratotherium
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus ? burchelli Gray 1824
1 specimen
recombined as Equus quagga burchelli
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
61 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
19 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Bovidae informal small indet.
35 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-sm
Bovidae informal medium indet.
53 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-md
Bovidae informal very large indet.
6 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-v. lg
Bovidae informal large indet.
237 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-lg
Taurotragus sp. Wagner 1855
6 specimens
Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas 1766)
6 specimens
Syncerus caffer (Sparman 1779)
16 specimens
original and current combination Bos caffer
Ourebia ourebi (Zimmerman 1783)
5 specimens
original and current combination Antilope ourebi
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
8 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby 1833)
2 specimens
original and current combination Antilope ellipsiprymnus
Kobus kob (Erxleben 1777)
5 specimens
Redunca redunca Hamilton Smith 1827
26 specimens
Damaliscus lunatus (Burchell 1823)
7 specimens
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766
93 specimens
Hippotragus equinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
2 specimens
original and current combination Antilope equina
Mammalia - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas 1766)
7 specimens
Potamochoerus sp. Gray 1854
10 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Phacochoerus
Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora informal small indet.
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora-sm
Carnivora informal medium indet.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora-md
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Lycaon pictus (Temminck 1820)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hystrix or Thryonomys
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck 1827)
3 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
Yellen et al. 1987 2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sapiens
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecus or Colobus
see common names

Geography
Country:Congo-Kinshasa
Coordinates: 0.1° South, 29.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.1° South, 29.6° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene
*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: "This occupation stage might postdate the early Holocene period"
ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max age = 21,000 +/- 500 (NFP at Is11). Min age = 6890 +/- 75 (charcoal in Katwe Ash at Kabale)." radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "brown horizon, lithology otherwise undescribed"
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: fluctuating shore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:3881 specimens
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 889, Zone post-emersion, Ishango - Z. Post-Em.,
Database number:22068
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-02-24 00:00:00 Last modified:2018-12-30 23:52:47
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-24 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5318.ETE 1042J. Peters. 1990. Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers at Ishango (eastern Zaire): the faunal evidence. Revue de Paléobiologie 9(1):73-112 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

5320ETE 1044J. E. Yellen, A. S. Brooks, R. Stuckenrat and R. Welbourne. 1987. A terminal Pleistocene assemblage from Drotsky Cave,western Ngamiland,Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 19:1-6 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]