Michael L Murphy

Biographic Data

ID3693935
NAMEMichael L Murphy
GIVEN NAMESMichael L
FAMILY NAMEMurphy
SIGNATUREMURPHY M L
AFFILIATIONSKalamazoo Valley Community College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS169
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX7

  • The Kalahari During MIS 6-2 (190–12 ka)

    Open AccessLawrence H Robbins, George A Brook et al.CHAPTERAfrica from MIS 6-22016

  • Alexander (Alec) C. Campbell 16 April 1932–24 November 2012

    Lawrence H Robbins, R K Hitchcock et al.ARTICLEAzania Archaeological Research in…2013

  • The Antiquity of the Bow and Arrow in the Kalahari Desert

    Lawrence H Robbins, Alec C Campbell et al.ARTICLEJournal of African Archaeology2012Cited by: 17

    This paper presents new information on the antiquity of the bow and arrow in the Kalahari. Excavations at White Paintings Shelter (WPS) uncovered bone point fragments that appear to have been parts of reversible arrowheads that could have been used with poison. We present a sequence of nine new, internally consistent OSL ages that date specific soil horizons at WPS. These dates/soil horizons are related to the bone point finds. The oldest bone po…

  • Radiocarbon ages for coatings on cupules ground in quartzite bedrock at Rhino Cave in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana, and their paleoclimatic significance

    Open AccessGeorge A Brook, L Bruce Railsback et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2010Cited by: 4References: 9

    Geophysical techniques have been widely employed for the noninvasive location of burial sites in archaeological and forensic investigations. This approach has met with varying degrees of success, depending on factors such as equipment choice, survey methodology, burial type, and geological setting. This paper reports the results of a multitechnique geophysical survey carried out immediately prior to the salvage excavation of two Indigenous burial…

  • Recent archaeological research at Toteng, Botswana

    Lawrence H Robbins, Alec C Campbell et al.ARTICLEJournal of African Archaeology2008Cited by: 10

    This paper presents the first combined use of OSL and AMS dating to address the problem of the advent of livestock in southern Africa. Excavations at Toteng, at the eastern end of the Lake Ngami basin, have revealed bones of wetland and domesticated animals dating to around 2 ka. There is also Bambata pottery and microliths. Between 2.1–1.5 ka the lake level increased to ca 934 m asl but declined rapidly to less than 930 m asl by 1.2 ka. People l…

  • The Advent of Herding in Southern Africa

    Lawrence H Robbins, Alec C Campbell et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology2005Cited by: 34References: 17

  • Lithic Microwear Analysis of Middle Stone Age Artifacts from White Paintings Rock Shelter, Botswana

    R E Donahue, Michael L Murphy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2004Cited by: 13References: 19

    Excavations conducted at the White Paintings rock shelter in the NW Kalahari Desert have uncovered seven meters of Later and Middle Stone Age deposits. Lithic microwear evidence was found on 15 artifacts representing five of the major archaeological subdivisions in the sequence and revealed work in wood, hide, and bone, as well as butchering and impact damage. Middle Stone Age points found in deposits bracketed by TL dates to between approximatel…

  • Language and the Lexicon

    Michael L MurphyARTICLEInternational Journal of…2002

    1School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK Language and the Lexicon: An Introduction DavidSingleton LondonArnold (Co‐published in North America by Oxford University Press.) 2000xii + 2440‐340‐73174‐5

  • Lithic Microwear Analysis of Middle Stone Age Artifacts from White Paintings Rock Shelter, Botswana

    R E Donahue, Michael Murphy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2002Cited by: 9

    Randolph E. Donahue, Michael L. Murphy, Lawrence H. Robbins, Lithic Microwear Analysis of Middle Stone Age Artifacts from White Paintings Rock Shelter, Botswana, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 29, No. 1/2 (Spring, 2002 - Summer, 2004), pp. 155-163

  • Archaeology, Palaeoenvironment, and Chronology of the Tsodilo Hills White Paintings Rock Shelter, Northwest Kalahari Desert, Botswana

    Open AccessLawrence H Robbins, Michael L Murphy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2000Cited by: 62References: 14

  • Intensive Mining of Specular Hematite in the Kalahari Ca. A.D. 800–1000

    Lawrence H Robbins, Michael L Murphy et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1998

  • Test Excavations and Reconnaissance Palaeoenvironmental Work at Toteng, Botswana

    Lawrence H Robbins, Michael L Murphy et al.ARTICLEThe South African Archaeological…1998Cited by: 1

    Lawrence H. Robbins, Michael L. Murphy, Alec C. Campbell, George A. Brook, Dawn M. Reid, Kurt A. Haberyan, William S. Downey, Test Excavations and Reconnaissance Palaeoenvironmental Work at Toteng, Botswana, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 53, No. 168 (Dec., 1998), pp. 125-132

  • Paleoenvironment and Archaeology of Drotsky’s Cave

    Open AccessLawrence H Robbins, Michael L Murphy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science1996Cited by: 7References: 7

  • News and Short Contributions

    Lawrence H Robbins, Michael L Murphy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology1994Cited by: 12