Ishango - G. INF. (Pleistocene of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as ETE Locality 886, Gravieur inferieur, Ishango - G. INF.,

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (0.1° S, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 29.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• "The first stage, characterised by the Ishangian levels, is illustrative for a Late Pleistocene hunter-fisher-gatherer Community adapted to relatively dry and open savanna living conditions. For the moment it is impossible to give a more precise estimate of the age of the Ishango culture, but it is not inconceivable that the N.F.PR. assemblage relates to one of somewhat drier phases that occurred within the second half of the Late Pleistocene, i.e. from ca. 21000 to 17500 BP or from 14500 to 12500 BP."

•ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max age = 82,000 +/- 8000 (Katanda beds, above ASB paleosol). Min age = 6890 +/- 75 (Katwe ash charcoal)." radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gravel

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: fluctuating shore
• ETE rock type adj: rolled, ETE lithology comments: 0

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 487, 483, 482, 481, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: J. 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 22065: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 18.02.1999, edited by Richard Potts

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Lutra maculicollis" = Hydrictis maculicollis
"Lutra maculicollis" = Hydrictis maculicollis Lichtenstein 1835 speckle-throated otter
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus defassa Rüppell 1835 Defassa waterbuck
Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851 marbled lungfish
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tilapiini
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus cf. bynni Forsskål 1775 binny
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. bynni, mak - species name from unique name
 Teleostei -
Siluriformes indet. catfish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Siluriformes
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. gariepinus, mak - species name from unique name
 Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Clarotes sp. Kner 1855 catfish
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
Synodontis frontosus Vaillant 1895 Sudan squeaker