Assessing past foodways, subsistence strategies, and environments depends on the
accurate identification of animals in the archaeological record. The high rates of …

Archaeological applications of stable isotope data have become increasingly prevalent, and
the use of these data continues to expand rapidly. Researchers are starting to find that …

The human colonization of eastern Africa's near-and offshore islands was accompanied by
the translocation of several domestic, wild and commensal fauna, many of which had long …

The later Holocene spread of pastoralism throughout eastern Africa profoundly changed
socio-economic and natural landscapes. During the Pastoral Neolithic (ca. 5000–1200 bp) …

This paper summarizes and reviews the likely role of infectious diseases as constraints on
the spread of domestic animals south of the Sahara. It looks not only at livestock (cattle …

Aim Domestic animals first appeared in the archaeological record in northern Africa c. 9000
years before present and subsequently spread southwards throughout the continent. This …

Although evidence of organic materials has consistently been reported in the archaeology of
southern Africa little attention has been given to how this evidence, so slight in comparison …

Southern Africa is characterized by the development of varied Middle and Later Stone Age
techno-complexes and behaviors against a backdrop of complex climatic conditions during …

In the eleventh to thirteenth century, Southern African Nguni-speakers made a
counterintuitive choice to begin investing in large herds of cattle. Despite a long-standing …

Landscapes are formed by long-term interactions between the underlying geology and
climatic, edaphic and biotic factors, including human activity. The Kasitu Valley in the …