An updated chronology for Umbeli Belli and its implications for the Middle and Later Stone Ages
South African Journal of ScienceWe present a series of 12 OSL/IRSL dates that revise and complete the chronology of the important Middle (MSA) and Later Stone Age (LSA) site Umbeli Belli in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. These dates shift the previous radiometric ages thousands of years
Chantal Tribolo +3 more
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Long bone cross-sectional geometric properties of Later Stone Age foragers and herder–foragers
South African Journal of Science, 2014 Diaphyseal cross-sectional geometry can be used to infer activity patterns in archaeological populations. We examined the cross-sectional geometric (CSG) properties of adult Later Stone Age (LSA) herder–forager long bones from the inland lower Orange ...
Michelle E. Cameron, Susan Pfeiffer
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Adapting to New Contexts. Cuneiform in Anatolia [PDF]
, 2011 This article focuses on cuneiform and scribal education in Anatolia. It attempts to trace some of the developments in the corpus of knowledge and training when it let the confines of its initial area of relevance and was received in Anatolia by the ...
Weeden, Mark
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Archaeological survey of the Modder River dongas, Free State, South Africa
Southern African Field ArchaeologyThe semi-arid grasslands of the Free State Province of South Africa have produced the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens in the subcontinent, together with an extensive Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental record based on fossil assemblages ...
Felipe Cuartero Monteagudo +3 more
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Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene
Scientific Reports, 2021 The African Middle Stone Age (MSA, typically considered to span ca. 300–30 thousand years ago [ka]), represents our species’ first and longest lasting cultural phase.
Eleanor M. L. Scerri +8 more
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Characterizing evulsion in the Later Stone Age Maghreb: Age, sex and effects on mastication [PDF]
Quaternary International, 2016 This paper assesses the earliest evidence for widespread dental modification in Northwest Africa. The intentional modification of teeth has implications for an individual’s appearance, sense of identity and perceived status. The range of modifications reported varies from alterations of shape or color to the complete removal of healthy teeth (evulsion ...
Isabelle De Groote, Louise T. Humphrey
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Eighteenth-century visions of the Stone Age
Sjuttonhundratal, 2021 Archaeological concepts of prehistory and the Stone Age are rooted in nineteenth-century scientific discoveries, which extended the human past much further back in time than was previously thought.
Liisa Kunnas-Pusa
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Climatic controls on Later Stone Age human adaptation in Africa's southern Cape [PDF]
Journal of Human Evolution, 2018 Africa's southern Cape is a key region for the evolution of our species, with early symbolic systems, marine faunal exploitation, and episodic production of microlithic stone tools taken as evidence for the appearance of distinctively complex human behavior.
Brian M. Chase +7 more
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The earliest iron-producing communities in the Lower Congo region of Central Africa : new insights from the Bu, Kindu and Mantsetsi sites [PDF]
, 2019 In 2015 the KongoKing research project team excavated the Bu, Kindu and Mantsetsi sites situated in the Kongo-Central Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). All are part of the Kay Ladio Group.
Beeckman, Hans +4 more
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Frequency distributions of stone artefacts from Holkrans, North West Province, South Africa [PDF]
, 2013 BSc Honours Thesis University of the WitwatersrandExcavations at Holkrans rock shelter, located in the Vredefort Dome, Southern Africa, revealed archaeological deposits dating back some 2000 years, to both the ceramic and pre-ceramic Later Stone Age. The
Banhegyi, Stephen
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