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

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (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

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

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