A chronological perspective on the Acheulian and its transition to the Middle Stone Age in southern Africa: the question of the Fauresmith

AIR Herries - International Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
An understanding of the age of the Acheulian and the transition to the Middle Stone Age in
southern Africa has been hampered by a lack of reliable dates for key sequences in the …

Across rainforests and woodlands: a systematic reappraisal of the Lupemban Middle Stone Age in Central Africa

N Taylor - Africa from MIS 6-2: population dynamics and …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Central African Middle Stone Age (MSA) is very poorly understood in
comparison to the higher-resolution records of East and southern Africa. Severe taphonomic …

Backed tools in Middle Pleistocene central Africa and their evolutionary significance

L Barham - Journal of Human Evolution, 2002 - Elsevier
The fashioning of stone inserts for composite tools by blunting flakes and blades is a
technique usually associated with Late Pleistocene modern humans. Recent reports from …

Tephrostratigraphy and the Acheulian to Middle Stone Age transition in the Kapthurin formation, Kenya

CA Tryon, S McBrearty - Journal of human Evolution, 2002 - Elsevier
Sites containing Acheulian, Sangoan, Fauresmith, and Middle Stone Age artefacts occur
within and below the Bedded Tuff, a widespread volcaniclastic member of the Kapthurin …

From Acheulean to middle stone age in the Kapthurin formation, Kenya

S McBrearty, C Tryon - Transitions before the transition: Evolution and …, 2006 - Springer
The Acheulean to Middle Stone Age (MSA) transition is examined from an evolutionary
perspective. The replacement of Acheulean handaxes by MSA points represents a shift from …

Early evidence of complexity in lithic economy: core-axe production, hafting and use at Late Middle Pleistocene site 8-B-11, Sai Island (Sudan)

V Rots, P Van Peer - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2006 - Elsevier
Wear analysis indicates that Sangoan core-axes from site 8-B-11 at Sai Island, Sudan, were
used while hafted. The middle Sangoan occupation level at 8-B-11 served as a locale where …

[HTML][HTML] A West African Middle Stone Age site dated to the beginning of MIS 5: Archaeology, chronology, and paleoenvironment of the Ravin Blanc I (eastern Senegal)

K Douze, L Lespez, M Rasse, C Tribolo… - Journal of Human …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ravin Blanc I archaeological occurrence, dated to MIS 5, provides
unprecedented data on the Middle Stone Age (MSA) of West Africa since well …

[HTML][HTML] New investigations at Kalambo Falls, Zambia: Luminescence chronology, site formation, and archaeological significance

GAT Duller, S Tooth, L Barham, S Tsukamoto - Journal of Human Evolution, 2015 - Elsevier
Fluvial deposits can provide excellent archives of early hominin activity but may be complex
to interpret, especially without extensive geochronology. The Stone Age site of Kalambo …

A story of colourful diggers and grinders: The Sangoan and Lupemban at site 8-B-11, Sai Island, Northern Sudan

P Van Peer, V Rots, JM Vroomans - Before Farming, 2004 - liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
The site of Sai 8-B-11 in northern Sudan contains a succession of occupation levels
comprised within a sedimentological sequence that spans the end of the Middle and the …

Confirming a cultural association at the La Prele mammoth site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming

ME Mackie, TA Surovell, M O'Brien, RL Kelly… - American …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Archaeologists have long subjected Clovis megafauna kill/scavenge sites to the highest
level of scrutiny. In 1987, a Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) was found in spatial …