Pressure-flaked points in Lesotho: Dating, distribution and diversity

Tanged and barbed arrowheads that are also bifacially pressure-flaked are a well-known feature of post-classic Wilton assemblages in southern African interior. This paper reviews their occurrence within Lesotho. Recent excava tions at Bolahla and Sehonghong Shelter provide further evidence for dating these artefacts. Attention is drawn to the diversity within the pressure-f laked points known from Lesotho, of which only some are tanged and barbed. Particular stress is placed upon the presence at several sites of pressure- flaked bladelets and points that are also backed, artefact forms known too from sites in adjacent parts of South Africa.