Variation in hunting weaponry for more than 300,000 years: A tip cross-sectional area study of Middle Stone Age points from southern Africa

M Lombard - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Much has been written about Middle Stone Age hunting in southern Africa, yet there is no
comprehensive overview for the development and use of stone-tipped hunting weapons …

[HTML][HTML] Technological and geometric morphometric analysis of 'post-Howiesons Poort points' from Border Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

L Timbrell, P de la Pena, A Way, C Hoggard… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lithic assemblages immediately following the Howiesons Poort, often loosely referred to as
the 'post-Howiesons Poort'or MSA III, have attracted relatively little attention when compared …

Paradigm of technological convergence and digital transformation: The challenges of CH sectors in the global COVID-19 pandemic and commencing resilience-based …

Z Hussain - Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Technology and digitalization are vital for helping organizations to survive in the competitive
marketplace. The global COVID-19 pandemic has fixated attention on the cultural heritage …

Culture and convergence: The curious case of the Nubian Complex

HS Groucutt - Culture history and convergent evolution: Can we …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract 'Nubian Levallois' lithic technology has been found from South Africa to India, it
occurs sporadically over a period of more than two hundred thousand years, and it appears …

Low-cost efficient magnetic adsorbent for phosphorus removal from water

L Zhang, H Dan, OT Bukasa, L Song, Y Liu, L Wang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Adsorption using magnetic adsorbents makes the phosphorus removal from water simple
and efficient. However, most of the reported magnetic adsorbents use chemically …

Nubian Levallois reduction strategies in the Tankwa Karoo, South Africa

E Hallinan, M Shaw - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The Middle Stone Age record in southern Africa is recognising increasing diversity in lithic
technologies as research expands beyond the coastal-montane zone. New research in the …

Stone point variability reveals spatial, chronological and environmental structuring of eastern African middle stone age populations

L Timbrell, B Habte, Y Tefera, C Maroma… - … Research in Africa, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Stone points are one of the key features used to define the African Middle Stone Age (MSA).
Regional patterns in their shape and size through time have been thought to reflect inter …

Toward a theory of the point

MJ Shott - Culture History and Convergent Evolution: Can We …, 2020 - Springer
Points were the tips of prehistoric weapons like darts and arrows. Bifacially chipped stone
points all have sharp tips but vary greatly in the size and form of the bases that secured them …

Exploring variability in lithic armature discard in the archaeological record

C Gravel-Miguel, JK Murray, BJ Schoville… - Journal of human …, 2021 - Elsevier
The invention of projectile technology had important ramifications for hominin evolution.
However, the number of stone points that could have been used as projectiles fluctuates in …

Lithic variability and cultures in the East African Middle Stone Age

EE Spinapolice - Culture History and Convergent Evolution: Can We …, 2020 - Springer
Lithics are the most abundant archaeological evidence from the remote past, however the
way they are used to reconstruct past human groups is often biased. The Middle Stone Age …