Kalemba Rock-Shelter (Pleistocene to of Zambia)

Also known as ETE Locality 673, Kalemba Rock-Shelter,

Where: Zambia (14.1° S, 32.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.2° S, 32.4° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: >35000 BC on bone apatite; 1835 +- 70 AD on beans from pot radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: cave

• ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: rock-shelter; near ancient river
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: granite rock-shelter; layers of soil and stone (granite); deep colluvial deposits near site

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: D. W. Phillipson. 1976. The Prehistory of Eastern Zambia. Memoir of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 6 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21854: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
Eleusine indica
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Reptilia
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanus sp.
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard
Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Carnivora
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Dendrohyrax sp.
Dendrohyrax sp. Gray 1868 tree hyrax
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp.
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta sp.
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Genetta sp.
Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet., "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Equidae
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., Phacochoerus sp., Potamochoerus sp.
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Suidae
Phacochoerus sp. Cuvier 1826 warthog
Potamochoerus sp. Gray 1854 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Redunca sp., Kobus ellipsiprymnus, Hippotragus niger, Cephalophus sp., Sylvicapra sp., Connochaetes sp., Ourebia ourebi, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Tragelaphus scriptus, Taurotragus oryx
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Hippotragus niger Harris 1838 sable antelope
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
Sylvicapra sp. Ogilby 1837 duiker
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystricidae indet., Hystrix sp.
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio sp.
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon
 Primates - Galagidae
Otolemur crassicaudatus
Otolemur crassicaudatus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812 galago
Angiospermae
 Poales - Poaceae
Zea mays
Zea mays Linnaeus 1753 maize
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Canavalia virosa
Canavalia virosa jack-beans