Current themes in Middle Stone Age research / edited by Marlize Lombard, Christine Sievers and Valerie Ward in honour of Lyn Wadley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lombard, Marlize.

Sievers, Christine.

Ward, Valerie.

Wadley, Lyn.

South African Archaeological Society.

Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists.

Series:

Goodwin series ; v. 9.

Goodwin series / South African Archaeological Society, 0304-3460 ; v. 10 (December 2008)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mesolithic period--Africa, Southern.

Mesolithic period.

Mesolithic period--South Africa.

Stone age--Africa, Southern.

Stone age.

Stone age--South Africa.

Antiquities.

South Africa--Antiquities.

South Africa.

Africa, Southern--Antiquities.

Africa, Southern.

Southern Africa.

Physical Description:

188 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Vlaeberg, South Africa : South African Archaeological Society in association with ASAPA, [2008]

Contents:

Preface / C. Sievers

Modelling the MSA: a tribute to Lyn Wadley / J. Deacon

Testing times: old and new chronologies for the Howieson's Poort and Still Bay Industries in environmental context / Z. Jacobs and R.G. Roberts

Winds of change: palaeoenvironments, material culture and human behaviour in the Late Pleistocene (~77 ka-48 ka ago) in the Western Cape Province, South Africa / C.S. Henshilwood

Developing the archaeology of marine isotope stage 3 / R. Mitchell

The Ysterfontein 1 Middle Stone Age rock shelter and the evolution of coastal foraging / G. Avery, D. Halkett, J. Orton, T. Steele, M. Tusenius and R. Klein

The Mossel Bay lithic variant: 120 years of Middle Stone Age research from Cape St Blaize Cave to Pinnacle Point / E. Thompson and C.W. Marean

Preliminary characterization of a Middle Stone Age lithic assemblage preceding the 'classic' Howieson's Poort complex at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape Province, South Africa / G. Porraz, P-J. Texier, J-P. Rigaud, J. Parkington, C. Poggenpoel and D.L. Roberts

The Howieson's Poort Industry of Sibudu Cave / L. Wadley

In the air: a preliminary report of the birds from Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / I. Plug and J.L. Clark

The context of the 1967-8 sample of human remains from Cave 1 Klasies River main site / H.J. Deacon

Modern behaviour at Klasies River / S. Wurz

The transition from Howieson's Poort to post-Howieson's Poort Industries in southern Africa / G.W.G. Cochrane

Le rouge et le noir: implications of early pigment use in Africa, the Near East and Europe for the origin of cultural modernity / F. d'Errico

A critical view of the evidence for a southern African origin of behavioural modernity / N.J. Conard

From testing times to high resolution: the late Pleistocene Middle Stone Age of South Africa and beyond / M. Lombard.

Notes:

Title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

311738615