Beads, pigments and early Holocene ornamental traditions at Bushman Rock Shelter, South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 635-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laure Dayet ◽  
Rudolph Erasmus ◽  
Aurore Val ◽  
Léa Feyfant ◽  
Guillaume Porraz
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Rock Shelter

Coastal palaeoenvironments and hunter-gatherer plant-use at Waterfall Bluff rock shelter in Mpondoland (South Africa) from MIS 3 to the Early Holocene

2020 ◽  
Vol 250 ◽  
pp. 106664
Author(s):  
Irene Esteban ◽  
Marion K. Bamford ◽  
Alisoun House ◽  
Charlotte S. Miller ◽  
Frank H. Neumann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
Plant Use ◽  
Mis 3

Was yellow lead chromate pigment used during Middle Stone Age at Sibudu rock shelter (South Africa)?

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (11) ◽  
pp. 1712-1721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marine Wojcieszak ◽  
Lyn Wadley ◽  
Linda Prinsloo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Middle Stone Age ◽  
Lead Chromate ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Rock Shelter

Coprolites from Rock Shelters: Hunter-Gatherers “Herding” Barbary Sheep in the Early Holocene Sahara

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocco Rotunno ◽  
Anna Maria Mercuri ◽  
Assunta Florenzano ◽  
Andrea Zerboni ◽  
Savino di Lernia
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Arid Environments ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
Barbary Sheep ◽  
Subsistence Economies ◽  
Multidisciplinary Analysis ◽  
Pastoral Neolithic ◽  
Rock Shelters

Abstract Archaeological deposits in rock shelters have enormous informative potential, particularly in arid environments where organic materials are well preserved. In these areas, sub-fossilized coprolites and dung remains have been identified as valuable proxies for inferences about past environments, subsistence economies and cultural trajectories. Here we present a multidisciplinary analysis of bovid (ovicaprine) coprolites collected from the Early Holocene hunter-gatherer occupation at Takarkori rock shelter (SW Libya, central Sahara). Our results show that Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) were managed as early as ~9500 years cal BP, mostly with the rearing of juveniles. Palynological analysis of individual pellets suggests a seasonal confinement of the animals and the selection of fodder. GIS analysis of coprolite distribution also indicates sophisticated strategies of Barbary sheep “herding” and spatial differentiation of specialized areas within the rock shelter, including the construction and use of a stone-based enclosure for corralling animals. These highly structured and organized forms of control over wild animals are interpreted as a potential co-evolutionary trigger for the subsequent rapid adoption and integration of the incoming pastoral Neolithic economy.

Geoarchaeological investigations at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 3432-3452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher E. Miller ◽  
Paul Goldberg ◽  
Francesco Berna
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Rock Shelter

Still Bay and serrated points from Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 1773-1784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlize Lombard ◽  
Lyn Wadley ◽  
Zenobia Jacobs ◽  
Moleboheng Mohapi ◽  
Richard G. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Still Bay
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