Past environments and plant use in Holocene Southern Africa : a study of charcoal and seed remains from the Late Stone Age sites of Toteng (Botswana), Leopard Cave and Geduld (Namibia) / Malebogo Mvimi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mvimi, Malebogo, author.

Series:

BAR international series ; 3072.

BAR International Series ; 3072

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleoecology--Africa, Southern--Holocene.

Paleoecology.

Holocene Geologic Period.

Southern Africa.

Physical Description:

xxi, 191 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : British Archaeological Reports, 2022.

Summary:

This book uses macrobotanical analysis (charcoal and seeds/grains) from Later Stone Age sites in Botswana and Namibia to address past climatic and environmental conditions in Southern Africa during the Holocene period, c. 2000 BP. One of its main objectives is to comprehend subsistence and overall socio-economic stratagems of human communities vis-à-vis their vegetal milieu. The majority of Southern Africa has comparatively few archaeobotanical studies, so this is the first archaeobotanical research from the site of Toteng and Botswana. Hence, this study draws equally from ethnographic inferences to understand current plant distribution and utilisation, which was achieved by using data collected among the San and Damara communities, found in the Erongo region, Namibia. Finally, a botanical reference collection was developed in order to facilitate the macrobotanical identification process, as well as to contribute to the initial reference bank that will later be developed for future research.0.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781407357171

1407357174

OCLC:

1303217551