Table 4. Analysis of the properties of the utilized and unutilized ochre pieces from the earlier MSA at Rose Cottage Cave.
| Post-HP (N = 271) | HP (N = 132) | Pre-HP (N = 78) | Total (N = 481) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCHRE PROPERTIES | Unutilized | Utilized | Unutilized | Utilized | Unutilized | Utilized | Unutilized | Utilized | |
| n = 241 | n = 30 | n = 121 | n = 11 | n = 61 | n = 17 | n = 423 | n = 58 | ||
| % n | % n | % n | % n | % n | % n | % n | % n | ||
| Geological Form | Shale | 48.5 | 76.7 | 58.7 | 54.5 | 42.6 | 64.7 | 50.6 | 69 |
| Mudstone | 7.1 | 10 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 6.9 | 10.3 | |
| Siltstone | 10 | 3.3 | 9.9 | 18.2 | 4.9 | - | 9.2 | 5.2 | |
| Sandstone | 18.3 | 6.7 | 13.2 | 9.1 | 16.4 | - | 16.5 | 5.2 | |
| Snuffbox Shale | 11.6 | - | 7.4 | - | 21.3 | - | 11.8 | - | |
| Iron Oxide | 4.1 | 3.3 | 5 | 9.1 | 1.6 | 23.5 | 4 | 10.3 | |
| Other | 0.4 | - | 2.5 | - | - | - | 0.9 | - | |
| Grain Size | Clayey | 39.4 | 66.7 | 52.1 | 45.5 | 54.1 | 35.3 | 45.2 | 53.4 |
| Clayey/Silty | 7.1 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 6.9 | ||
| Silty | 22.8 | 16.7 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 14.8 | 58.8 | 20.1 | 29.3 | |
| Silty/Sandy | 18.3 | 6.7 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 11.5 | - | 17 | 6.9 | |
| Sandy | 12.4 | 3.3 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 13.1 | - | 11.8 | 3.4 | |
| Hardness | Soft | 55.2 | 63.3 | 71.9 | 54.5 | 67.2 | 70.6 | 61.7 | 63.8 |
| Medium | 43.6 | 36.7 | 26.4 | 36.4 | 32.8 | 29.4 | 37.1 | 34.5 | |
| Hard | 1.2 | - | 1.7 | 9.1 | - | - | 1.2 | 1.7 | |
| Colour | Dark red | 11.6 | 20 | 5.8 | 18.2 | 8.2 | 17.6 | 9.5 | 19 |
| Bright red | 47.7 | 50 | 47.1 | 63.6 | 36.1 | 47.1 | 45.9 | 51.7 | |
| Weak red | 1.7 | - | 12.4 | 9.1 | 1.6 | - | 4.7 | 1.7 | |
| Purple-red | 12.4 | 20 | 7.4 | - | 3.3 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 13.8 | |
| Brown-red | 7.5 | 3.3 | 5.8 | - | 24.6 | 17.6 | 9.5 | 6.9 | |
| Orange | 5.4 | - | 5.8 | 9.1 | 9.8 | - | 6.1 | 1.7 | |
| Yellow-brown | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0.8 | - | 9.8 | - | 3.1 | 1.7 | |
| Yellow | 0.8 | - | 3.3 | - | 1.6 | - | 1.7 | - | |
| Brown | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Grey | 5 | - | 7.4 | - | - | - | 5 | - | |
| Dark Colours | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.8 | - | 4.9 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | |
| Two colours | 2.1 | - | 3.3 | - | - | - | 2.1 | - | |
| Mica | Present | 15.4 | 23.3 | 38.8 | 36.4 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 20.8 | 20.7 |
| Piece size | ≤1.5 cm | 49 | 36.7 | 37.2 | 27.3 | 27.9 | - | 42.6 | 24.1 |
| 3–1.6 cm | 46.5 | 53.3 | 51.2 | 27.3 | 49.2 | 52.9 | 48.2 | 48.3 | |
| >3 cm | 4.6 | 10 | 11.6 | 45.5 | 23 | 47.1 | 9.2 | 27.6 | |
Values are the percentage frequency of pieces in the unutilized and utilized assemblages, per technocomplex, with each property. An arbitrary cut-off (≥40%) was chosen to highlight elevated values (shaded). A dash (-) represents 0%. The pieces possibly utilized assemblage are excluded here.