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Further work at Kilise Tepe, 2007-11: refining the Bronze to Iron Age transition [PDF]
, 2014 The excavations at Kilise Tepe in the 1990s inevitably left a range of research questions unanswered, and our second spell of work at the site from 2007 to 2011 sought to address some of these, relating to the later second and early first millennia. This
Bouthillier, Christina +11 more
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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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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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The Mehlman archives and the archaeology of Nasera rockshelter, Tanzania
AfriquesArchives are increasingly recognized as a critical element in archaeological research in eastern Africa and elsewhere that, unlike excavation, are a non-destructive source of information.
Christian A. Tryon +2 more
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Quaternary, 2022 This paper presents a list of >100 publicly known late Quaternary proboscidean sites that have certain or possible traces of hominin utilization in Africa, Europe, and Asia, along with a sample of references, chronometric or estimated ages, and brief ...
Gary Haynes
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Southern African Field Archaeology, 2023 We report on a programme of work to remediate Kruger Cave, a Later Stone Age painted rock shelter in the western Magaliesberg, South Africa. Kruger Cave, originally excavated in the 1980s and never backfilled or stabilised, has deteriorated through ...
Justin Bradfield +9 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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Radiocarbon dates and the Late Quaternary palaeogeography of the Province of the Eastern Cape, South Africa [PDF]
, 2002 A total of 193 dates are listed from the Eastern Cape. Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherers existed in the Drakensberg prior to the rigours of cold climatic conditions after ca. 22,000 BP.
Lewis, Colin A
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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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Indicators of stress-evidence from the later stone age layers at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa [PDF]
, 2007 Herding was introduced to South Africa about 2000BP (Henshilwood 1995:153), and interaction between the immigrant herders and the local hunter-gatherers is expected have occurred. What form would this interaction take?
Strandman, Heidi
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