Use of wood anatomy to identify poisonous plants: Charcoal of Spirostachys africana
South African Journal of Science, 2015 Spirostachys africana Sond. (tamboti/tambotie) is a woodland tree that is often found near water. It has a poisonous and purgative latex. The archaeological site of Sibudu, a rock shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, has evidence, from well-preserved charcoal and ...
Sandra J. Lennox, Marion Bamford
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PLoS ONE, 2020 The Middle to Later Stone Age transition marks a major change in how Late Pleistocene African populations produced and used stone tool kits, but is manifest in various ways, places and times across the continent.
Matt Grove, James Blinkhorn
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Нижневолжский археологический вестник, 2020 The locations of the Stone Age on the Volgograd region territory have been known since the beginning of the XIX century. However, purposeful Stone Age sites explorations had only started after the Sukhaya Mechetka site was discovered by A.P. Koptev and M.
Stanislav O. Remizov
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Jones, E, Sheridan, J A & Franklin, J 2018 'Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation at Meadowend Farm, Clackmannanshire: Pots, pits and roundhouses' Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 77 [PDF]
, 2018 The excavations at Meadowend Farm, Clackmannanshire produced evidence for occupation at various times between the Early Neolithic and the Middle to Late Bronze Age.
Franklin, J +2 more
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Revisiting Middle Stone Age hunting at ≠GI, Botswana: A tip cross-sectional area study
Southern African Field Archaeology, 2023 ≠Gi was excavated almost half-a-century ago. Despite no formally published analyses of its lithic and faunal assemblages, the site has been important to discussions about technological development during the Middle Stone Age (MSA). Dating to ~77 ka, ≠Gi
Marlize Lombard, Steven Churchill
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Fat residue and use-wear found on Acheulian biface and scraper associated with butchered elephant remains at the site of Revadim, Israel [PDF]
, 2015 The archaeological record indicates that elephants must have played a significant role in early human diet and culture during Palaeolithic times in the Old World.
A., Zupancich +5 more
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Düzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 2021 Aim: Urinary stone disease is an important disease seen in all age groups, including elderly patients. It can cause kidney failure and urinary infection problems.
Arda Taşkın Taşkıran +3 more
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The early Cycladic settlement at Dhaskalio, Keros: preliminary report of the 2008 excavation season [PDF]
, 2009 The 2008 excavations on the small island of Dhaskalio opposite Dhaskalio Kavos on the Cycladic island of Keros are reviewed. An account is given of the survey, recording many walls of the early Bronze Age, and of the excavations, continued from the 2007 ...
Brodie, N. +3 more
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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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Two Acheuleans, two humankinds. From 1.5 to 0.85 Ma at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopian highlands) [PDF]
, 2017 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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