Namib IV: Assessing Acheulean Technology in Relation to Depositional Processes in an Arid Landscape
Author(s): George Leader; Rachel Bynoe; Ted Marks; Dominic Stratford; Abi Stone
Year: 2023
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Establishing the Science of Paleolithic Archaeology: The Legacy of Harold Dibble (1951–2018) Part II" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Namib IV is an Earlier and Middle Stone Age interdunal pan site in the Namib Desert’s Sand Sea. New investigations of the this hyper-arid landscape are piecing together the hominin occupations in relation to dry/wet climatic cycles. Hominins at Namib IV occupied the site multiple times using raw material from the !Khuiseb River to knap tools allowing them to exploit the limited resources in this environment. This paper discusses the lithic technology in relation to the deposit formations and its association with fossilized fauna providing a better understanding of hominin movement across this landscape.
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Namib IV: Assessing Acheulean Technology in Relation to Depositional Processes in an Arid Landscape. George Leader, Rachel Bynoe, Ted Marks, Dominic Stratford, Abi Stone. Presented at The 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2023 ( tDAR id: 473648)
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Keywords
General
Landscape Archaeology
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Lithic Analysis
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Paleolithic
Geographic Keywords
Africa: Southern Africa
Spatial Coverage
min long: 9.58; min lat: -35.461 ; max long: 57.041; max lat: 4.565 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 35814.0