عنوان

The Middle to Later Stone Age Technological Transition in East Africa. New Data from Mumba Rockshelter Bed V (Tanzania) and their Implications for the Origin of Modern Human Behavior

شماره

LA113719

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Middle to Later Stone Age Technological Transition in East Africa. New Data from Mumba Rockshelter Bed V (Tanzania) and their Implications for the Origin of Modern Human Behavior

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Fernando Diez-Martín, Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Policarpo Sánchez, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Recent re-excavation of Mumba Rockshelter unearthed an unbiased lithic sample from Bed V. Technological analysis has permitted a reinterpretation of the so-called Mumba Industry, a transitional industry between Middle and Later Stone Ages originally defined by Mehlman (1989). Our data confirm Mehlman's observation that the "evolutionary" markers in Mumba Bed V are basically typological. However, our study differs from his in that we classify all of Bed V as LSA based on the combined analyses of typology and technology in our excavated assemblage. From a technological perspective, no changes have been observed throughout the sequence, and continuity is the main technological characteristic of the series. The only transitional marker from Lower through Upper Bed V is the appearance of the geometric crescent in the latter, taking into account that microliths exist throughout the sequence. This evidence casts some doubts on previous interpretations and underscores the need to recover a larger sample using modern excavation techniques. It also stresses the need to define the MSA/LSA transition in better terms, combining techno-typological criteria. Recent re-excavation of Mumba Rockshelter unearthed an unbiased lithic sample from Bed V. Technological analysis has permitted a reinterpretation of the so-called Mumba Industry, a transitional industry between Middle and Later Stone Ages originally defined by Mehlman (1989). Our data confirm Mehlman's observation that the "evolutionary" markers in Mumba Bed V are basically typological. However, our study differs from his in that we classify all of Bed V as LSA based on the combined analyses of typology and technology in our excavated assemblage. From a technological perspective, no changes have been observed throughout the sequence, and continuity is the main technological characteristic of the series. The only transitional marker from Lower through Upper Bed V is the appearance of the geometric crescent in the latter, taking into account that microliths exist throughout the sequence. This evidence casts some doubts on previous interpretations and underscores the need to recover a larger sample using modern excavation techniques. It also stresses the need to define the MSA/LSA transition in better terms, combining techno-typological criteria.

تاريخ نشر

2009

توصيف ظاهري

147-173

عنوان

Journal of African Archaeology

شماره جلد

7/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2191-5784

اصطلاح موضوعی

East Africa

اصطلاح موضوعی

Later Stone Age

اصطلاح موضوعی

lithic technology

اصطلاح موضوعی

Middle Stone Age

اصطلاح موضوعی

modern human behavior

اصطلاح موضوعی

Mumba Rockshelter

اصطلاح موضوعی

Technological transition

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Antonio Tarriño

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Audax Z.P. Mabulla

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Fernando Diez-Martín

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Luis de Luque

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Mary E. Prendergast

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Policarpo Sánchez

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Rebeca Barba

شماره بازیابی

10.3213/1612-1651-10136

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y