Emphasis on the production of small unretouched blades is the strongest defining technological characteristic of southern African assemblages referred to as the Robberg – a ‘technologically uniform’ technocomplex identified across the sub-continent. This paper explores the spatial organisation of Robberg blade technology from three rockshelter sites in the Doring River catchment of the eastern Cederberg Mountains. The Doring is both a key source of water and toolstone, and the three sites are located at varying distances from it. Blades and blade cores from these sites are used to explore the influence of distance to source on the abundance of raw materials, staging of production and maintenance/reduction of transported artefacts. Results suggest key differences in procurement and provisioning strategies for different materials. Hunter-gatherers ‘geared up’ with hornfels and silcrete blades at the river before moving up the tributaries where toolkits were supplemented by small numbers of blades made from transported silcrete cores and the situational use of local rock types such as quartz. Results demonstrate the importance of understanding local-scale controls on technological organisation before inferring patterns of broader behavioural import.

强调生产未修饰的小叶片是南部非洲组合（称为Robberg）的最强定义技术特征，该组合在整个次大陆被确定为“技术统一”的技术复合体。本文从东部Cederberg山脉的Doring河流域的三个岩棚站点探究了Robberg叶片技术的空间组织。Doring既是水的重要来源，又是工具石，这三个地点的位置相距不定。这些站点的刀片和刀片芯用于探索到源的距离对原料丰富度，生产阶段以及运输的人工制品的维护/减少的影响。结果表明，针对不同物料的采购和供应策略存在关键差异。猎人-采集者在河上用角铁和silcrete叶片“聚拢”起来，然后向支流上移，那里的工具箱由少量由运输的silcrete岩心制成的叶片和根据情况使用诸如石英等当地岩石来补充。结果表明，在推断更广泛的行为导入模式之前，了解对技术组织的本地控制非常重要。