Abstract The Middle Stone Age (MSA) was a time of great human adaptation and innovation.
In southern Africa, coastal locations have been viewed as key places for the development of …

A decade ago, we summarised the South African and Lesotho Stone Age technocomplex
sequence as a heuristic exercise, anchored in 242 dated assemblages (Lombard et al …

Surveys are an important reconnaissance tool in African archaeology, but surface-oriented
research is still relatively limited. Thirty years on from John Bower's “survey of surveys,” this …

ABSTRACT Boomplaas Cave, South Africa, contains a rich archaeological record, with
evidence of human occupation from> 66,000 years ago until the protohistoric period …

This reference provides comprehensive information on the taxonomy and distribution in time
and space of all currently recognized southern African fossil mammals. After an introductory …

Ecosystems that offer carbon sequestration by leaching bicarbonate to groundwater are
valuable natural capital. One region that may offer this service is the west coast of South …

Mining operations in Africa have played a considerable role in the reconstruction of human
evolution. These contributions would not have been possible without co-operation between …

Ostrich eggshell (OES) beads from southern African archaeological contexts shed light on
past traditions of personal ornamentation, and they are also argued to provide a proxy for …

Along the southern African coastal plain, human occupation is documented since the end of
the Early Pleistocene. The archaeological, palaeoenvironemental and ethnographic records …

Summary Analysis of Late Pleistocene fauna exploitation (~ 130,000–12,000 years ago) in
southern Africa is of global academic relevance. Faunal analyses from southern African sites …