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 …

Paleoenvironmental context of the Middle Stone Age record from Karungu, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya, and its implications for human and faunal dispersals in East …

JT Faith, CA Tryon, DJ Peppe, EJ Beverly… - Journal of Human …, 2015 - Elsevier
The opening and closing of the equatorial East African forest belt during the Quaternary is
thought to have influenced the biogeographic histories of early modern humans and fauna …

The pattern of emergence of a Middle Stone Age tradition at Gademotta and Kulkuletti (Ethiopia) through convergent tool and point technologies

K Douze, A Delagnes - Journal of Human Evolution, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gademotta and Kulkuletti site complex, located in the central part of the Main
Ethiopian Rift, is known to be one of the richest early Middle Stone Age (MSA) sequences in …

A new MIS 3 radiocarbon chronology for Mochena Borago Rockshelter, SW Ethiopia: Implications for the interpretation of Late Pleistocene chronostratigraphy and …

S Brandt, E Hildebrand, R Vogelsang… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
With excavated layers spanning a period from> 49 ka to~ 36 ka, Mochena Borago
Rockshelter reveals a complex sequence of Late Pleistocene human occupation punctuated …

Microliths in the Middle and Later Stone Age of eastern Africa: new data from Porc-Epic and Goda Buticha cave sites, Ethiopia

A Leplongeon - Quaternary International, 2014 - Elsevier
Microliths and microlithic industries are central to definitions of the Later Stone Age
technologies. It is generally accepted that microliths are associated with a change to more …

The transition from hunting–gathering to food production in the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia

JW Arthur, MC Curtis, KJW Arthur, M Coltorti… - African Archaeological …, 2019 - Springer
Over three field seasons between 2007 and 2012, we excavated three caves—Mota,
Tuwatey, and Gulo—situated at an average elevation of 2,084 m above sea level in the cool …

30,000-year-old geometric microliths reveal glacial refugium in Dhofar, Southern Oman

JI Rose, YH Hilbert, VI Usik, AE Marks… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2019 - Springer
Despite its significant geographic position along the southern corridor into and out of Africa,
little is known of the period between 70 and 12 thousand years ago in South Arabia. The …

Across the gap: Geochronological and sedimentological analyses from the Late Pleistocene-Holocene sequence of Goda Buticha, southeastern Ethiopia

C Tribolo, A Asrat, JJ Bahain, C Chapon, E Douville… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Goda Buticha is a cave site near Dire Dawa in southeastern Ethiopia that contains an
archaeological sequence sampling the late Pleistocene and Holocene of the region. The …

The Middle Stone Age (MSA) technological patterns, innovations, and behavioral changes at bed VIA of Mumba Rockshelter, Northern Tanzania

PM Bushozi, A Skinner, L de Luque - African Archaeological Review, 2020 - Springer
Although anatomically modern humans emerged during the MSA, debates have focused on
the timing for the development of cognitive thoughts, planning depth, and profound cultural …

First report of a nephrite deposit from Somaliland, Africa: Characterization and geological and archaeological implications

G Shi, R Jia, M Santosh, H Liang, H He - Bulletin, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Nephrite jade is of wide interest, not only for its value as a highly valued precious stone, but
also for its significance in tracing geological and petrological processes. Here, we report the …