Early personal ornaments: A review of shells as personal ornamentation during the African Middle Stone Age
A number of Middle Stone Age (MSA) assemblages in northern Africa, as well as a few in
South Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, preserve small mollusk shells, most notably …
South Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, preserve small mollusk shells, most notably …
Those marvellous millennia: the Middle Stone Age of southern Africa
L Wadley - Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Africa's Middle Stone Age (MSA) may have lasted almost half a million years, but its earliest
expression is not yet well understood. The MSA is best known for innovations that appear in …
expression is not yet well understood. The MSA is best known for innovations that appear in …
Earliest evidence of personal ornaments associated with burial: the Conus shells from Border Cave
The four to six month old infant from Border Cave, found with a perforated Conus shell in a
pit excavated in Howiesons Poort (HP) layers dated to 74±4 BP, is considered the oldest …
pit excavated in Howiesons Poort (HP) layers dated to 74±4 BP, is considered the oldest …
Trajectories of cultural innovation from the Middle to Later Stone Age in Eastern Africa: Personal ornaments, bone artifacts, and ocher from Panga ya Saidi, Kenya
Abstract African Middle Stone Age (MSA) populations used pigments, manufactured and
wore personal ornaments, made abstract engravings, and produced fully shaped bone tools …
wore personal ornaments, made abstract engravings, and produced fully shaped bone tools …
Evidence for large land snail cooking and consumption at Border Cave c. 170–70 ka ago. Implications for the evolution of human diet and social behaviour
Fragments of land snail (Achatinidae) shell were found at Border Cave in varying
proportions in all archaeological members, with the exception of the oldest members 5 WA …
proportions in all archaeological members, with the exception of the oldest members 5 WA …
New Blombos Cave evidence supports a multistep evolutionary scenario for the culturalization of the human body
The emergence of technologies to culturally modify the appearance of the human body is a
debated issue, with earliest evidence consisting of perforated marine shells dated between …
debated issue, with earliest evidence consisting of perforated marine shells dated between …
42,000-year-old worked and pigment-stained Nautilus shell from Jerimalai (Timor-Leste): Evidence for an early coastal adaptation in ISEA
In this paper, we describe worked and pigment-stained Nautilus shell artefacts recovered
from Jerimalai, Timor-Leste. Two of these artefacts come from contexts dating to between …
from Jerimalai, Timor-Leste. Two of these artefacts come from contexts dating to between …
Personal Ornaments in Prehistory: An exploration of body augmentation from the Palaeolithic to the Early Bronze Age
EL Baysal - 2019 - torrossa.com
Tens of thousands of years ago at the site of Sunghir in Russia a number of people were
buried with grave goods, including truly extraordinary personal ornaments–thousands of …
buried with grave goods, including truly extraordinary personal ornaments–thousands of …
Symbols in motion: Flexible cultural boundaries and the fast spread of the Neolithic in the western Mediterranean
The rapid diffusion of farming technologies in the western Mediterranean raises questions
about the mechanisms that drove the development of intensive contact networks and …
about the mechanisms that drove the development of intensive contact networks and …
Shell we cook it? An experimental approach to the microarchaeological record of shellfish roasting
In this paper, we investigate the microarchaeological traces and archaeological visibility of
shellfish cooking activities through a series of experimental procedures with direct roasting …
shellfish cooking activities through a series of experimental procedures with direct roasting …