Definition: Rose Cottage is a Middle Paleolithic (Howiesons Poort) cave site located in the eastern Free State of South Africa. The Howiesons Poort industry has been dated between 80,000 and 60,000 years ago, at sites such as Klasies River Caves, Boomplas, and Border Cave.
The Howiesons Poort artifacts are a collection of blades, backed blades, flakes, triangles, and blanks primarily from fine-grained opaline (or chalcedony).
Rose Cottage Cave was excavated in the 1940s by B.D. Malan and by P. Beaumont in 1962. In the latter part of the 20th century, the site was investigated again by Lyn Wadley.
The Howiesons Poort artifacts are a collection of blades, backed blades, flakes, triangles, and blanks primarily from fine-grained opaline (or chalcedony).
Rose Cottage Cave was excavated in the 1940s by B.D. Malan and by P. Beaumont in 1962. In the latter part of the 20th century, the site was investigated again by Lyn Wadley.
Source
Soriano, Sylvain, Paola Villa, and Lyn Wadley 2007 Blade technology and tool forms in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa: the Howiesons Poort and post-Howiesons Poort at Rose Cottage Cave. Journal of Archaeological Science 34(5):681-703.This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Any mistakes are the responsibility of Kris Hirst.
