New AMS dates for the Middle Iron Age in the Mapungubwe landscape
South African Journal of Science, 2021 Research in the Limpopo Valley has documented over 500 Middle Iron Age sites (AD 900–1320) relevant to the origins of Mapungubwe – the capital of the first indigenous state in southern Africa. Fifteen new accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates from 11
Thomas N. Huffman, Stephen Woodborne
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Preliminary assessment of illegal hunting by communities adjacent to the northern Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe [PDF]
, 2011 Illegal hunting of wildlife is a major issue in today’s society, particularly in tropical ecosystems. In this study, a total of 114 local residents from eight villages located in four wards adjacent to the northern Gonarezhou National Park, south-eastern
Gandiwa, E.
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Allopatric differentiation in the Marcusenius macrolepidotus species complex in southern and eastern Africa: the resurrection of M. pongolensis and M. angolensis, and the description of two new species (Mormyridae, Teleostei) [PDF]
, 2007 We critically compared local populations of the bulldog fish, Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Peters 1852), from different watersheds, from the furthest south (28° South, South Africa) to the Equator in Kenya.
Kramer, Bernd +3 more
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Social implications of archaeology at Little Muck Shelter during the contact period: 150–1300 CE
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and ScienceLittle is known of forager behavioural shifts in the middle Limpopo Valley, especially after the arrival of farmers. Studies have shown changes in forager toolkits, as to what these represent is not clear. At Little Muck Shelter, toolkits remain similar,
Nicole L. Sherwood, Tim Forssman
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The stratigraphic context, chronology, and cultural sequence at Little Muck Shelter, southern Africa
Southern African Field ArchaeologyHall 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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Climate, history, society over the last millennium in southeast Africa [PDF]
, 2016 Climate variability has been causally linked to the transformation of society in pre-industrial southeast Africa. A growing critique, however, challenges the simplicity of ideas that identify climate as an agent of past societal change; arguing instead ...
Abraham DP +57 more
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Southern African Field ArchaeologyHunting and gathering communities in southern Africa produced ostrich eggshell (OES) beads for personal ornamentation, trade and exchange, and various forms of symbolism. OES beads convey information related to not only technological processes, but also
Siphesihle Kuhlase, Tim Forssman
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Geochemical characterisation of archaeological sites in Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and ScienceResearch projects in the Shashe-Limpopo Basin have witnessed significant developments in the use of conceptual frameworks and multidisciplinary approaches such as electrochemical and geochemical sequencing.
Bongumenzi S. Nxumalo +2 more
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Unmasking the forgotten foragers of the Mapungubwe landscape
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and ScienceThe middle Limpopo Valley is best known because it was here that Mapungubwe arose, southern Africa’s first state-level society, appearing around AD 1220.
Tim Forssman
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Preliminary analysis of forager stone technology at Little Muck Shelter: Pre- to contact levels
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and ScienceStudies 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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