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Bedtime for the Middle Stone Age
2018<p>Scholars of the Late Pleistocene in Southern Africa have recently sought to develop models explaining long-term variation between Middle Stone Age and Late Stone Age assemblages in terms of variability between “macrolithic” vs. “microlithic” toolmaking systems associated with shifts in hunter-gatherer ecology and land use patterns.
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The Middle Stone Age of South Africa
2022The African Middle Stone Age (MSA) is the period in human history spanning roughly from 300,000 until 30,000 years ago. Here, we focus on the archaeological record of South Africa, with occasional glimpses at neighboring countries (Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia).
Gregor D. Bader +2 more
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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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The Stone Age of the Middle Nile Valley
2022The stretch of the Nile River upstream from the First Cataract corresponds to the Middle Nile and extends from southern Egypt to the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile in central Sudan. Its water basin is wider than that of the Lower Nile Valley and includes considerable tributaries and groundwater outlets springing in oases, wells, or ...
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RENAL STONES IN A MIDDLE‐AGED MALE POPULATION
Acta Medica Scandinavica, 1975Abstract The natural history of upper urinary tract stones has been studied retrospectively in 49–50‐year‐old men in an urban population. The prevalence of stones in 2 322 men was found to be 13.7%, with the highest incidence of onset of the disease during the fifth decade.
S, Ljunghall, H, Hedstrand
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Long-distance stone transport and pigment use in the earliest Middle Stone Age
Science, 2018The Middle Stone Age in Africa The Olorgesailie basin in the southern Kenya rift valley contains sediments dating back to 1.2 million years ago, preserving a long archaeological record of human activity and environmental conditions.
Alison S. Brooks +14 more
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The cultures of the Middle Palaeolithic/Middle Stone Age
1982The 'Middle Palaeolithic', or the 'Middle Stone Age', is part of the prehistoric cultural record that follows the Lower Palaeolithic or Earlier Stone Age, and precedes the Upper Palaeolithic or Later Stone Age. The Middle Palaeolithic/Middle Stone Age makes its first appearance more than 100000 years ago during the Last Interglacial, in Africa a time ...
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Ochre Use in the Middle Stone Age
2020The term “ochre” has many meanings: a colored stone, a pigment, sunscreen, a curiosity item, a mustard hue, or even an object used for ritual. Ochre found at archaeological sites is described as a range of earthy, ferruginous rocks with red–yellow–purple streaks.
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Southern African Middle Stone Age
Currently the concept of the Middle Stone Age (MSA) denotes the period between c. 300 and 25 ka. It is a phase marked by prepared core reduction methods used to knap predetermined flakes and blades that are occasionally retouched into various types of tools.openaire +1 more source
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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