Human Origins Migration and Evolution Research Consortium Poster Symposium
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Human Origins Migration and Evolution Research Consortium Poster Symposium" at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
The Human Origins Migration and Evolution Research (HOMER) Project is a collaborative effort that seeks to understand the emergence of human uniqueness. The last 100,000 years have witnessed the extinction of many species in the genus *Homo, while *Homo sapiens have undergone an unprecedented and successful global expansion. The biological, social, cognitive, and environmental factors behind this event has been the focus of archaeological and paleoanthropological research. To understand the origins of these behaviors, the HOMER Project built a large-scale research model, one that can compare *Homo sapiens and sister species through a multiproject, transcontinental research collaboration. All project members share a standardized field and lab methodology to generate a highly effective comparative analysis. HOMER uses data collected at archaeological sites in Italy, Malawi, and South Africa to examine the questions of when and how *Homo sapiens’ unique adaptations arose. In this symposium, HOMER students will present research conducted at these sites, involving archaeoinformatics, zooarchaeology, biological archaeology, and lithic analysis.
Other Keywords
Zooarchaeology •
Paleolithic •
Material Culture and Technology •
Heat Treatment •
Methodology •
Beads •
Experimental Archaeology •
Craft Production •
Neolithic •
Italy
Geographic Keywords
Gabonese Republic (Country) •
Republic of the Congo (Country) •
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Country) •
Africa (Continent) •
Republic of Rwanda (Country) •
Republic of Equatorial Guinea (Country) •
Republic of Burundi (Country) •
Republic of Angola (Country) •
Republic of Botswana (Country) •
Republic of Namibia (Country)
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Bead Production of the Later Stone Age in Northern Malawi (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Human Origins Migration and Evolution Research Consortium Poster Symposium" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Later Stone Age (LSA) bead production is typically reported with ostrich eggshell (OES) as the primary raw material. In south central Africa, land snail shell (LSS) was also used, but most sites have uncertain and poorly dated associations. The Malawi Ancient Lifeways and Peoples Project has now recovered both...
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Experimental Identification of Heat-Treated Silcrete Using Colorimetry and Reflectance Spectrophotometry (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Human Origins Migration and Evolution Research Consortium Poster Symposium" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The heat treatment of stone for tool production represents one of the oldest technologies for transforming the material properties of a natural product to better suit human needs. The earliest evidence for such technology is the heat treatment of silcrete at the South African Middle Stone Age site Pinnacle Point...
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Mortuary Practices of Later Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers in Northern Malawi (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Human Origins Migration and Evolution Research Consortium Poster Symposium" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Later Stone Age (LSA) hunter-gatherer mortuary practices are poorly understood in south-central Africa. Tropical climate and acidic soils hinder preservation, bioturbation is prevalent, and research coverage is sparse. The site of Hora 1, in the Mzimba District of Malawi, provides a rare opportunity to examine...
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Systematic Differences in Sieved and Point-Provenienced Fauna Ecofacts from PP5-6, South Africa (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Human Origins Migration and Evolution Research Consortium Poster Symposium" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In zooarchaeological analysis, there is a tendency to give point-provenienced ecofacts analytical priority over ecofacts found in sieved material. To test for the effects of this bias, we conducted a zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of faunal ecofacts (n = 841) found in the 10 mm sieved material from...
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A Taphonomic Comparison of Two Late Pleistocene Zooarchaeological Assemblages in Northwest Italy and South Africa (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Human Origins Migration and Evolution Research Consortium Poster Symposium" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. A driving question in paleoanthropology is the extent of behavioral divergence in hominin species, particularly Anatomically Modern Homo sapiens (AMH) and Neanderthals. Generally, direct comparisons are restricted to Europe, where both hominin species were interacting within the same environmental constraints....
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Variation in Response to Heat-Treatment in Jasper from the Perkinsville Valley, Arizona (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Human Origins Migration and Evolution Research Consortium Poster Symposium" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The heat treatment of lithic raw material is a globally dispersed technology that improves the flaking quality of toolstone. While not all types of stone respond to heat treatment, many forms of microcrystalline silicates do, including jasper. Here, we aim to better understand how Perkinsville jasper responds to...