Fig. 5.

Southern African ostrich and ostrich eggshell artifact distributions. (Upper) Map showing the distribution of ostriches in southern Africa based on contemporary sightings (54). (Lower) Detail of southeasternmost Africa (including Lesotho and the Maloti Drakensberg) showing contemporary ostrich distributions against proportions of finished ostrich eggshell beads versus unmodified fragments plus bead preforms for late MSA and LSA archaeological sites in the region (∼33 to 0.1 ka). For site abbreviations, see SI Appendix.