Southernmost Africa (here meaning South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland) provides an
excellent opportunity for investigating the relations between farming, herding and hunting …

There is consensus that the modern human lineage appeared in Africa before 100,000
years ago 1, 2. But there is debate as to when cultural and cognitive characteristics typical of …

The Ysterfontein 1 rock shelter (33° 20'S, 18° 09'E) is located in the eponymous town, on the
west coast of South Africa, roughly 70 km north-northwest of Cape Town. The floor is diorite …

Archaeologists continue to describe Stone Age women as home bound and their lithic
technologies as unskilled, expedient, and of low quality. However, today a group of Konso …

One of the longest-standing debates in African archaeology concerns the introduction of
herding to southern Africa and the resulting associated cultural changes. Two short books …

New excavations at the Middle Stone Age (MSA) open-air site of Hoedjiespunt 1 (HDP1) on
the west coast of South Africa advance our understanding of the evolution of coastal …

This study examines mid-to late Holocene Later Stone Age archaeological residues–
specifically flaked stone artefacts, ostrich eggshell beads and pottery–from Namaqualand …

Excavations into a coastal cliff at Ysterfontein (YFT) 1, South Africa, have revealed 2.5–3m of
stratified sands containing classic Middle Stone Age (MSA) stone artifacts, abundant mussel …

This paper considers a selection of Later Stone Age lithic assemblages from eight Elands
Bay sites, including a large sample from Elands Bay Cave. The use of broader, more …

In order to calibrate radiocarbon ages based on samples with a marine carbon component it
is important to know the marine carbon reservoir correction or ΔR value. This study …