Journal of African Archaeology Pub Date : 2020-02-05 , DOI: 10.1163/21915784-20190016 Tim Forssman 1 , Matt Lotter 2 , John Parkington 3 , Jeremy Hollmann 4 , Jessica Angel 5 , Wouter Fourie 5
Much of Lesotho’s cultural heritage has been studied as a result of dam developments. Where dams have been built, heritage studies have provided crucial data for improving our understanding of local archaeological sequences. Ahead of the construction of the Lesotho Highland Development Authority’s (LHDA) new Polihali Dam in Lesotho’s Mokhotlong District and following the recommendations of a heritage assessment (CES 2014), a large-scale five-year cultural heritage management program was launched in 2018 that seeks to excavate and mitigate a number of heritage sites. Here, we provide the background to one of southern Africa’s largest heritage mitigation contracts by contextualising the current research program. We then present the archaeology of Lesotho’s eastern highlands basalt region using data collected during the inception phase of this program. The findings challenge current preconceived notions about the sparsity of archaeological remains for this region.
中文翻译:
莱索托莫霍特隆区波里哈利大坝地区石器时代考古学导论
由于大坝的发展,莱索托的许多文化遗产得到了研究。在建造水坝的地方,遗产研究为提高我们对当地考古序列的理解提供了关键数据。在莱索托莫霍特隆区的莱索托高地发展局(LHDA)新Polihali大坝建设之前,并遵循遗产评估的建议(CES)2014年),于2018年启动了一项大规模的五年文化遗产管理计划,旨在发掘和减轻许多文化遗址的影响。在这里,我们通过结合当前的研究计划,为南部非洲最大的减缓遗产合同之一提供了背景信息。然后,我们使用该程序开始阶段收集的数据,介绍莱索托东部高地玄武岩地区的考古学。该发现挑战了有关该地区考古遗体稀疏性的当前先入之见。