Geoarchaeology of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
Summary
As part of ongoing investigations by Gary Haynes in Hwange National Park, Teresa Wriston began doctoral research in northwestern Zimbabwe in 2008. The primary goal of this research is to reconstruct paleoenvironmental conditions in southcentral Africa during the transition from hunting and gathering lifeways to agropastoralism. Establishing when and where this occurred in the project area was the first task. To date, two rockshelters have been excavated revealing an estimated 142,000 artifacts and ecofacts; numerous rivercuts have been stratigraphically documented and sampled, and geologic augering has provided information on landscape development.
Cite this Record
Geoarchaeology of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. ( tDAR id: 5912) ; doi:10.6067/XCV81837WQ
Keywords
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Dating Sample
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Fauna
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Glass
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Ground Stone
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Macrobotanical
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Metal
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Pollen
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Shell
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Wood
Site Name
Impala Shelter
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Ngabaa Shelter
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Rock Art
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Data Recovery / Excavation
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Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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Site Evaluation / Testing
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Systematic Survey
General
Archaeology of Southern Africa
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Early Iron Age
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Geoarchaeology
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Late Stone Age
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Paleoenvironments
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Zimbabwe
Temporal Keywords
Early Iron Age
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Late Holocene
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Late Stone Age
Individual & Institutional Roles
Principal Investigator(s): Gary Haynes
Project Director(s): Teresa Wriston