Drivers and trajectories of land cover change in East Africa: Human and environmental interactions from 6000 years ago to present

R Marchant, S Richer, O Boles, C Capitani… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
East African landscapes today are the result of the cumulative effects of climate and land-
use change over millennial timescales. In this review, we compile archaeological and …

Climate, ecology, and the spread of herding in eastern Africa

KL Chritz, TE Cerling, KH Freeman… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The spread of early herders across Africa is a pivotal event in prehistory, but the context of
this event remains poorly understood due to a lack of paleoenvironmental data. We present …

Ancient DNA reveals a multistep spread of the first herders into sub-Saharan Africa

ME Prendergast, M Lipson, EA Sawchuk, I Olalde… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Cattle, sheep, and goats appeared in eastern Africa 5000 years ago,
catalyzing the spread of herding throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Archaeologists have long …

[책][B] The donkey in human history: an archaeological perspective

P Mitchell - 2018 - books.google.com
Donkeys carried Christ into Jerusalem while in Greek myth they transported Hephaistos up
to Mount Olympos and Dionysos into battle against the Giants. They were probably the first …

Molecular and isotopic evidence for milk, meat, and plants in prehistoric eastern African herder food systems

KM Grillo, J Dunne, F Marshall… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The development of pastoralism transformed human diets and societies in grasslands
worldwide. The long-term success of cattle herding in Africa has been sustained by dynamic …

Early pastoral mobility and seasonality in Kenya assessed through stable isotope analysis

A Janzen, M Balasse, SH Ambrose - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Eastern African pastoralists today depend on mobility to access seasonally available
pastures for their livestock. Here, we evaluate the importance of mobility strategies for …

Sorting the sheep from the goats in the Pastoral Neolithic: morphological and biomolecular approaches at Luxmanda, Tanzania

ME Prendergast, A Janzen, M Buckley… - Archaeological and …, 2019 - Springer
Large-scale reconstructions of the spread of food production systems require fine-scale
analyses of dietary evidence. One current impediment to understanding early African …

Cemeteries on a moving frontier: Mortuary practices and the spread of pastoralism from the Sahara into eastern Africa

EA Sawchuk, ST Goldstein, KM Grillo… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Today, pastoral systems in eastern Africa are supported by elaborate social networks that
minimize risk and facilitate the movement of people, animals, and resources across …

Hunter-gatherer technological organization and responses to Holocene climate change in coastal, lakeshore, and grassland ecologies of eastern Africa

ST Goldstein, C Shipton, JM Miller, E Ndiema… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Holocene of eastern Africa saw extreme climatic fluctuations between hyper-
humid and arid conditions, which manifested differently across the region's lake basins …

Hunting and the social lives of Southern Africa's first farmers

MB Jones, R Kapumha, S Chirikure… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2024 - Springer
Perspectives on human–animal relationships are changing in archaeology and related
disciplines. Analytical models that distinguish foraging from food production remain popular …