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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
The MSA sequence of Diepkloof and the history of southern African Late Pleistocene populations
Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 40, No. 9, Year 2013
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This paper presents the first multidisciplinary synthesis of the Middle Stone Age sequence of Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa). We explore the main cultural changes that characterized southern African hunter-gatherer societies from OIS 5 to the beginning of OIS 3. We discuss the tempo of these changes, test the current interpretative hypotheses and explore an empirical model to explain the early appearance of symbolic marking within the Pleistocene hunter-gather societies of southern Africa.Major technological and cultural innovations appear in one form or another during OIS 5 in southern Africa, a period characterized by the coexistence of multiple, distinct technological traditions. We argue that the formation of regional identities in southern Africa would have favoured and increased cultural interactions between groups at a local scale, providing a favourable context for the development and diffusion of innovations. In the West Coast of South Africa, the main cultural innovations appear within the Howiesons Poort. It is within this context that we postulate a change in regional networks and population dynamics, leading to the success of the HP technology across southern Africa. The southern African data suggest that the history of modern humans has been characterized by multiple and independent evolutionary trajectories and that different paths and scenarios existed towards the adoption of 'modern' hunter-gatherer lifestyles. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Porraz, Guillaume
France, Nanterre
Université Paris Nanterre
Parkington, John
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Rigaud, Jean Philippe
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Miller, Christopher E.
Germany, Tubingen
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Poggenpoel, Cédric
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Tribolo, Chantal
France, Bordeaux
Université de Bordeaux
Archer, Will
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Cartwright, Caroline R.
United Kingdom, London
The British Museum
Charrié-Duhaut, Armelle
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Dayet, Laure
France, Pessac
Université Bordeaux Montaigne
Igreja, Marina
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Portugal, Lisbon
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
Mercier, N.
France, Bordeaux
Université de Bordeaux
Schmidt, Patrick
France, Paris
Museum National D'histoire Naturelle
Verna, Christine
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Texier, Pierre Jean
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Statistics
Citations: 91
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 12
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jas.2013.02.024
ISSN:
03054403
e-ISSN:
10959238
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
South Africa