What is Still Bay? Human biogeography and bifacial point variability
Abstract 'Still Bay'is the name given to a cultural phase within the southern African Middle
Stone Age, which remains critical to our understanding of modern human behavioural …
Stone Age, which remains critical to our understanding of modern human behavioural …
Stone point variability reveals spatial, chronological and environmental structuring of eastern African middle stone age populations
L Timbrell, B Habte, Y Tefera, C Maroma… - … Research in Africa, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Stone points are one of the key features used to define the African Middle Stone Age (MSA).
Regional patterns in their shape and size through time have been thought to reflect inter …
Regional patterns in their shape and size through time have been thought to reflect inter …
[HTML][HTML] The structure of the Middle Stone Age of eastern Africa
J Blinkhorn, M Grove - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle Stone Age (MSA) of eastern Africa has a long history of research and is
accompanied by a rich fossil record, which, combined with its geographic location, have led …
accompanied by a rich fossil record, which, combined with its geographic location, have led …
The evolutionary implications of variation in human hunting strategies and diet breadth during the Middle Stone Age of southern Africa
In this paper, we analyze faunal data from southern Africa in order to explore the nature and
extent of variability in human hunting strategies and diet breadth during the Middle Stone …
extent of variability in human hunting strategies and diet breadth during the Middle Stone …
[HTML][HTML] Diachronic change within the still bay at Blombos cave, South Africa
Characteristically shaped bifacial points are stone artefacts with which the Middle Stone Age
Still Bay techno-complex in Southern Africa is identified. Traditional approaches such as …
Still Bay techno-complex in Southern Africa is identified. Traditional approaches such as …
Raw material and regionalization in stone age eastern Africa
CA Tryon, KL Ranhorn - Culture History and Convergent Evolution: Can …, 2020 - Springer
Stone tools are the dominant artifact type at Paleolithic sites, and the kinds of stone tools
used and their methods of manufacture form some of the richest datasets to assess temporal …
used and their methods of manufacture form some of the richest datasets to assess temporal …
Lithic variability and cultures in the East African Middle Stone Age
EE Spinapolice - Culture History and Convergent Evolution: Can We …, 2020 - Springer
Lithics are the most abundant archaeological evidence from the remote past, however the
way they are used to reconstruct past human groups is often biased. The Middle Stone Age …
way they are used to reconstruct past human groups is often biased. The Middle Stone Age …
Increasing behavioral flexibility? An integrative macro-scale approach to understanding the Middle Stone Age of southern Africa
Abstract The Middle Stone Age (MSA) of southern Africa represents a period during which
anatomically modern humans adopted a series of diverse cultural innovations. Researchers …
anatomically modern humans adopted a series of diverse cultural innovations. Researchers …
Identifying early modern human ecological niche expansions and associated cultural dynamics in the South African Middle Stone Age
The archaeological record shows that typically human cultural traits emerged at different
times, in different parts of the world, and among different hominin taxa. This pattern suggests …
times, in different parts of the world, and among different hominin taxa. This pattern suggests …
Coalescence and fragmentation in the late Pleistocene archaeology of southernmost Africa
The later Pleistocene archaeological record of southernmost Africa encompasses several
Middle Stone Age industries and the transition to the Later Stone Age. Through this period …
Middle Stone Age industries and the transition to the Later Stone Age. Through this period …