عنوان

New Excavations of Middle Stone Age Deposits at Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia:

شماره

LA113750

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

New Excavations of Middle Stone Age Deposits at Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Stratigraphy, Archaeology, Chronology and Past Environments

نام نخستين پديدآور

Ralf Vogelsang, Jürgen Richter, Zenobia Jacobs, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This paper presents new information obtained from a recent excavation and reassessment of the stratigraphy, chronology, archaeological assemblages and environmental context of the Apollo 11 rockshelter, which contains the longest late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sequence in Namibia. The Middle Stone Age (MSA) industries represented at the site include an early MSA, Still Bay, Howieson's Poort and late MSA. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of individual quartz grains yielded numerical ages for the Still Bay and Howieson's Poort, and indicated the presence of a post-Howieson's Poort phase. OSL dating also verified conventional and accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon ages for a further two later MSA phases. The timing of the transition from the MSA to the early Later Stone Age was also investigated. Improved resolution of the excavation and a more detailed stratigraphy revealed the presence of near-sterile cultural layers, which in some cases assisted in subdividing the MSA cultural phases. Such information, in combination with the new radiocarbon and OSL chronologies, helps address questions about the duration and continuity of MSA occupation at the site. Analyses of the faunal and archaeobotanical remains show some differences between the occupation phases at the site that may be associated with changing environmental conditions. This paper presents new information obtained from a recent excavation and reassessment of the stratigraphy, chronology, archaeological assemblages and environmental context of the Apollo 11 rockshelter, which contains the longest late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sequence in Namibia. The Middle Stone Age (MSA) industries represented at the site include an early MSA, Still Bay, Howieson's Poort and late MSA. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of individual quartz grains yielded numerical ages for the Still Bay and Howieson's Poort, and indicated the presence of a post-Howieson's Poort phase. OSL dating also verified conventional and accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon ages for a further two later MSA phases. The timing of the transition from the MSA to the early Later Stone Age was also investigated. Improved resolution of the excavation and a more detailed stratigraphy revealed the presence of near-sterile cultural layers, which in some cases assisted in subdividing the MSA cultural phases. Such information, in combination with the new radiocarbon and OSL chronologies, helps address questions about the duration and continuity of MSA occupation at the site. Analyses of the faunal and archaeobotanical remains show some differences between the occupation phases at the site that may be associated with changing environmental conditions.

تاريخ نشر

2010

توصيف ظاهري

185-218

عنوان

Journal of African Archaeology

شماره جلد

8/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2191-5784

اصطلاح موضوعی

Apollo 11

اصطلاح موضوعی

archaeofauna

اصطلاح موضوعی

early LSA

اصطلاح موضوعی

Howieson's Poort

اصطلاح موضوعی

MSA

اصطلاح موضوعی

OSL dating

اصطلاح موضوعی

palaeoenvironment

اصطلاح موضوعی

Still Bay

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Barbara Eichhorn

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jürgen Richter

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Ralf Vogelsang

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Richard G. Roberts

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Veerle Linseele

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Zenobia Jacobs

شماره بازیابی

10.3213/1612-1651-10170

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y