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Middle and Later Stone Age Symbolism
Utafiti, 2020Abstract The archaeological remains found in the Mumba rock-shelter in northern Tanzania – where continuous deposits span from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) to the historical period – provide a unique opportunity to study trends in technology and behavioural change of early humans.
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Ostrich Eggshell Beads in Later Stone Age Contexts
2021Ostrich eggshell (OES) beads are a common feature of Later Stone Age (LSA) archaeology throughout eastern and southern Africa and have the potential to inform on site use, cultural diversity, social networks, and site formation. However, too often OES bead assemblages have not been recorded or studied in the necessary detail to make meaningful ...
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Geoarchaeology at Gi, a middle stone age and later stone age site in the Northwest Kalahari
Journal of Archaeological Science, 1983Abstract Gi with sealed middle stone age and later stone age occurrences is located in the Dobe Valley along the Botswana-Namibia border. The phases of middle stone age settlement were linked to a semiarid streamway during the early Upper Pleistocene. A major humid interval followed, when a large lake was ponded in the Dobe Valley.
David M. Helgren, Alison S. Brooks
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Small body size phenotypes among Middle and Later Stone Age Southern Africans
Journal of Human Evolution, 2021Modern humans originated between 300 and 200 ka in structured populations throughout Africa, characterized by regional interaction and diversity. Acknowledgment of this complex Pleistocene population structure raises new questions about the emergence of phenotypic diversity.
Cameron, M., Pfeiffer, S., Stock, J.
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Variability Among Later Stone Age Hunter-gatherers
2020The hunting and gathering way of life is the most enduring and resilient in human history. However, the ways that a wild food-based subsistence system affects people’s social and economic organization are often oversimplified and variability is poorly understood. In general, there’s been a tendency, particularly among non-Anthropologists, to assume
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A Comparison of Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age Blades from South Africa
Journal of Field Archaeology, 2008AbstractThe Middle Stone Age (MSA, ca. 250,000 to 25,000 B.P.) and the Later Stone Age (LSA, ca. 25,000 to 2000 B.P.) provide the cultural backdrops for the evolution of modern humans in Africa. The LSA has been long regarded as the period during which modern forms of behavior were widely adopted. Over the last decade evidence of modern behavior in the
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Variability among Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers in eastern Africa
Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 2021The hunting and gathering way of life is the most enduring and resilient in human history. However, the ways that a wild food-based subsistence system affects people’s social and economic organisat...
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Ecological variation in Later Stone Age southern African biomechanical properties
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2018Abstract Behavioural ecology suggests that human populations modify their behaviour, including subsistence strategy, technology, and mobility, in response to ecological variation. This paper examines if cross-sectional geometric properties (CSGPs) indicative of habitual physical behaviours, including manual activities and terrestrial mobility, vary ...
Michelle E. Cameron, Jay T. Stock
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Southern Africa’s Later Stone Age and Hunter-Gatherer Ethnography
2020Reviews of southern Africa’s Later Stone Age (LSA) have seen many different iterations. Generally, however, they summarize the technocomplex from its earliest industry until it ceases to be recognizable in the archaeological record, summarizing the variety of research topics, questions, and approaches.
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