ABSTRACT
The author is at present engaged in a systematic survey of the archaeology of the central Namib desert, and in 1978 a preliminary reconnaissance was made at the Acheulean site of Namib IV, located in an interdune flat in the linear sand dunes (Figure 1). A further visit was made to the site in 1980 which produced more details about the artefacts and further faunal remains, including the mid-Pleistocene Elephas recki. During the 1980 season, a further four sites were located (Xmaspan, Tsondab route, Narabeb West and Zebravlei) and a new assemblage studied from Narabeb where Acheulean material had already been reported by Seely & Sandelowsky (1974). Since less than a month has passed since the end of this 1980 field season, it is not yet possible to describe the characteristics of these Acheulean technocomplex sites in detail, but they will provide the beginnings of a framework for an understanding of the Pleistocene occupation of the Namib, which at present is seen to begin with the kill and butchery site of Namib IV and its associated fauna (Shackley 1980). Surface sites provisionally assessed as belonging to the Acheulean technocomplex in the central Namib Desert, south west Africa https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203744529/0b496065-2169-44f8-b176-24e4fe240893/content/fig12_1.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
