Postural Behaviour of Later Stone Age People in South Africa
Prehistoric human skeletal remains from Later Stone Age archaeological sites, South Africa, were examined for evidence of habitual use of a squatting posture during life. Bony facets that are believed to be associated with habitual squatting were identified on the tali and the proximal tibial condyles of adult bones.
Dewar, Genevieve, Pfeiffer, Susan
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The Monumental Cemeteries of Northern Pictland [PDF]
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Mitchell, Juliette, Noble, Gordon
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Microlithic backed tools are a key feature of the Later Stone Age late Holocene period in southern Africa. These tools were widely distributed and produced in various geometric shapes and sizes.
Precious Chiwara-Maenzanise +2 more
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Foreign Impact and Local Creativity. The Case of Late Bronze Age Seals from Aegean Anatolia [PDF]
Late Bronze Age seals and sealings from Aegean Anatolia (the western part of western Anatolia) are a very heterogeneous collection of finds. Especially widespread are seals belonging to the Aegean tradition, including earlier hard stone seals and later ...
Magda Pieniążek
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Seeking shelter: Later Stone Age hunters, gatherers and fishers of Olieboomspoort in the western Waterberg, south of the Limpopo [PDF]
The Olieboomspoort (OBP) shelter is central to this reconstruction of the Later Stone Age (LSA) history in the lowlands of the Limpopo in the Waterberg.
Van der Ryst, Maria Magdalena
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Indicators of stress-evidence from the later stone age layers at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa [PDF]
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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Preliminary analysis of forager stone technology at Little Muck Shelter: Pre- to contact levels
Studies into the Later Stone Age sequence of the Mapungubwe region show several important changes in forager toolkits. Notable shifts include the appearance of ceramics, glass beads and metal, and changes in stone tool preference patterns in some ...
Justin A. Pentz +2 more
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Tamm-Horsfall protein in recurrent calcium kidney stone formers with positive family history: abnormalities in urinary excretion, molecular structure and function [PDF]
Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) powerfully inhibits calcium oxalate crystal aggregation, but structurally abnormal THPs from recurrent calcium stone formers may promote crystal aggregation.
Hess, Bernhard +3 more
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The stratigraphic context, chronology, and cultural sequence at Little Muck Shelter, southern Africa
Hall and Smith’s (2000) excavations at Little Muck Shelter in the late 1990s uncovered a Later Stone Age sequence purported to span the last 2000 years.
Tim Forssman +4 more
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Two Acheuleans, two humankinds. From 1.5 to 0.85 Ma at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopian highlands) [PDF]
The Acheulean is the longest-lasting human cultural record, spanning approximately 1.5 Ma and three continents. The most comprehensive sequences are found in East Africa, where, in large-scale syntheses, the Lower Pleistocene Acheulean (LPA) has often ...
Gallotti, Rosalia, Mussi, Margherita
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