Small game forgotten: Late Pleistocene foraging strategies in eastern Africa, and remote capture at Panga ya Saidi, Kenya

ME Prendergast, J Miller, O Mwebi, E Ndiema… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Pleistocene (∼ 125–12 thousand years ago) record of eastern Africa is
critical for assessing the origin, evolution and history of human behavior. Faunal remains are …

The Southern African stone age sequence updated (II)

M Lombard, J Bradfield, MV Caruana… - The South African …, 2022 - JSTOR
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 …

Howiesons Poort backed artifacts provide evidence for social connectivity across southern Africa during the Final Pleistocene

AM Way, P de la Peña, E de la Peña, L Wadley - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Examining why human populations used specific technologies in the Final Pleistocene is
critical to understanding our evolutionary path. A key Final Pleistocene techno-tradition is …

Cave and rock shelter sediments of southern Africa: a review of the chronostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental record from Marine Isotope Stage 6 to 1

D Stratford, K Braun, P Morrissey - South African Journal of Geology …, 2021 - journals.co.za
Caves and rock shelters contribute important records to local, regional and sub-continental
reconstructions of environment and climate change through the southern African …

Variability in Middle Stone Age symbolic traditions: the marine shell beads from Sibudu Cave, South Africa

M Vanhaeren, L Wadley, F d'Errico - Journal of Archaeological Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Located in the KwaZulu-Natal, 15 km from the coast, Sibudu has yielded twenty-
three marine gastropods, nine of which are perforated. At 70.5±2.0 ka, in a Still Bay Industry …

Winds of change: Climate variability in a mild glacial on the east coast of South Africa, inferred from submerged aeolianites and the archaeological record of Sibudu

HC Cawthra, Z Jacobs, L Wadley - Quaternary International, 2022 - Elsevier
Here we present an optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) age estimate of 64±5 ka for an
offshore aeolianite and draw regional correlations (within 45 km) between the Pleistocene …

The Still Bay and pre-Still Bay fauna from Sibudu Cave: taphonomic and taxonomic analysis of the macromammal remains from the Wadley excavations

JL Clark - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 2019 - Springer
As a substage of the Middle Stone Age preserving evidence for a range of innovative
behaviors, the Still Bay plays a key role in discussions about behavioral evolution during the …

A reconstruction of woody vegetation, environment and wood use at Sibudu Cave, South Africa, based on charcoal that is dated between 73 and 72 ka

B Zwane, M Bamford - Quaternary International, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to investigate the Sibudu Cave habitat that is dated to the late
Pleistocene using archaeological wood charcoal, in order to reconstruct the environment …

Regional patterns of diachronic technological change in the Howiesons Poort of southern Africa

M Will, NJ Conard - PloS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The Howiesons Poort (HP) of southern Africa plays an important role in models on the early
behavioral evolution of Homo sapiens. The HP is often portrayed as a coherent MSA …

A Context for Connectivity: Insights to Environmental Heterogeneity in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Southern Africa Through Measuring Isotope Space and …

JR Robinson - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 2023 - Springer
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 …