Peter B Beaumont
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 185075 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Peter B Beaumont |
| NOMBRES | Peter B |
| APELLIDO | Beaumont |
| FIRMA | BEAUMONT P B |
| AFILIACIONES | Archaeology Department, McGregor Museum, Kimberley 8300, South Africa |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 169 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1969 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
On a Search for Ancestral Rock Art in the South-Eastern Kalahari (South Africa)
The finding in Excavation 6 material from Wonderwerk Cave of a few mobiliary slabs in a Late Fauresmith context dated to 270 000 years ago raised the question of for how long back subcontinental petroglyphs could have survived at open sites, where less restrictive rock surfaces may have permitted a fuller manifestation of the rock art repertoire being produced at any given time. To investigate that matter, a study centred on the south-eastern kal…
A Brief Overview of Major Pleistocene Palaeoart Sites in Sub-Saharan Africa
A literature survey shows that Africa south of the Sahara has as yet produced only a dozen palaeoart sites of Pleistocene age, of which the following seven have yielded multiple finds: Chifubwa Stream Shelter in northern Zambia. Excavations there in 1951 revealed a sequence comprising surface soil with a few Iron Age sherds, 2 m of sterile sand, and then up to 0.7 m of red earth on bedrock with a Later Stone Age assemblage belonging to the Nachik…
Les gravures pléistocènes de la grotte de Wonderwerk (Afrique du sud)
Les quelques manifestations d’art pléistocène connues en Afrique subsaharienne (12 ou 13) ne constituent indubitablement qu’une infime partie du patrimoine mondial par rapport aux sites signalés en Europe ou en Australie, mais elles représentent néanmoins une production régulière d’art paléolithique qui remonte jusqu’à environ 100 ka. Des découvertes plus anciennes témoignent d’une faible continuité, notamment les cupules de Sangoan sur l’Ile de …
Un bref panorama des principaux sites d’art pléistocène en Afrique sub-saharienne
Une analyse de la documentation montre que l’Afrique au sud du Sahara n’a livré jusqu’à présent qu’une douzaine de sites d’art pléistocène, dont les sept suivants révèlent de nombreux éléments : Chifubawa Stream Shelter au nord de la Zambie. Les fouilles en 1951 ont permis d’établir une séquence comprenant une couche de terre végétale contenant quelques tessons de l’Âge du Fer, 2 m de sable stérile, puis jusqu’à 0,7 m de sédiment rouge sus-jacent…
À la recherche d’un art rupestre ancestral dans le sud-est du Kalahari (Afrique du sud)
La découverte de quelques blocs gravés dans un contexte du Late Fauresmith daté de 270 000 ans, provenant du secteur de fouille 6 de la grotte de Wonderwerk, soulève la question de l’ancienneté des pétroglyphes sous-continentaux sur les sites de plein air. Ces gisements présentent des supports rocheux moins réduits qui pourraient avoir permis une manifestation plus importante du répertoire rupestre, quelle que soit la période. Pour mener l’enquêt…
Pleistocene Engravings from Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa)
Confirmed Pleistocene palaeoart from Africa remains rare, but there are a small number of engraved and painted portable objects from various sites in southern Africa. Some of these are stratigraphically attributable to the Middle Stone Age, while Wonderwerk Cave has also produced plaques relating to the prior Fauresmith technocomplex. We here present observations and interpretations of the hominin modification traces on two finds from that site a…
Early evidence of San material culture represented by organic artifacts from Border Cave, South Africa
Recent archaeological discoveries have revealed that pigment use, beads, engravings, and sophisticated stone and bone tools were already present in southern Africa 75,000 y ago. Many of these artifacts disappeared by 60,000 y ago, suggesting that modern behavior appeared in the past and was subsequently lost before becoming firmly established. Most archaeologists think that San hunter–gatherer cultural adaptation emerged 20,000 y ago. However, re…
Border Cave and the beginning of the Later Stone Age in South Africa
The transition from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) to the Later Stone Age (LSA) in South Africa was not associated with the appearance of anatomically modern humans and the extinction of Neandertals, as in the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Western Europe. It has therefore attracted less attention, yet it provides insights into patterns of technological evolution not associated with a new hominin. Data from Border Cave (KwaZulu-Natal) show…
The Edge
Located close to the Kalahari in central South Africa is a large dolomitic cave called Wonderwerk, in the stratified sediments of which there is evidence for fire-making that ranges from the end of the Later Stone Age to the very base of the Acheulean. That discovery is seen to be in accord with findings from four other regional sites, which together provide evidence that can be construed as support for fire-making over almost the same time span
Vegetation and Seasonality Shifts during the Late Quaternary Deduced from 13 C/ 12 C Ratios of Grazers at Equus Cave, South Africa
Season of rainfall can be a major influence on the relative proportions of C 3 and C 4 grasses in a landscape, since their relative distribution is essentially constrained by temperatures during the growing season; cool growing seasons favor C 3 grasses, whereas warm ones favor C 4 grasses. 13 C/ 12 C ratios in tooth enamel carbonate of grazers from the site of Equus Cave, northern Cape Province, South Africa, were used to determine vegetation an…
Pleistocene Geochronology and Palaeothermometry from Protein Diagenesis in Ostrich Eggshells
Pleistocene Geochronology and Palaeothermometry from Protein Diagenesis in Ostrich Eggshells: Implications for the Evolution of Modern Humans was published in The Origin of Modern Humans and the Impact of Chronometric Dating on page 49
Environmental, ecological, and paleoanthropological implications of the late Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Equus Cave, northern Cape Province, South Africa
The late Pleistocene deposits of Equus Cave, northern Cape Province, South Africa, have provided more than 30,000 taxonomically identifiable mammal bones from 48 species. Context, associations, and features of the bone assemblage implicate brown hyenas as the main accumulators. The fauna is significant mainly because (1) it supplements previous evidence that regional climate was cooler and possibly also somewhat moister during part(s) of the late…
Patterns in the Age and Context of Rock Art in the Northern Cape
Palaeolithic Archaeology in the Central Namib Desert
The Middle Stone Age at Klasies River Mouth in South Africa
Excavations at the Blinkklipkop Specularite Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape
Anne I. Thackeray, J. F. Thackeray, Peter B. Beaumont, Excavations at the Blinkklipkop Specularite Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 137 (Jun., 1983), pp. 17-25
Implications of Border Cave Skeletal Remains for Later Pleistocene Human Evolution [and Comments and Reply]
Recent excavations have helped to clarify the cultural and stratigraphic sequences at Border Cave, and human skeletal remains recovered at this South African site may well be associated with a Middle Stone Age industry. A partial adult cranium is of particular interest, and this was originally described as quite different both from African Negro and from Bushman individuals. Eleven measurements were taken on the fossil, and these provide a basis …
Report on Test Excavations in a Prehistoric Pigment Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape
Peter B. Beaumont, Adrian K. Boshier, Report on Test Excavations in a Prehistoric Pigment Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 113/114 (Jun., 1974), pp. 41-59
On a new radiocarbon chronology for Africa south of the Equator
1972). On a new radiocarbon chronology for Africa south of the Equator. African Studies: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 155-182
On a new radiocarbon chronology for Africa south of the Equator
Iron Age Radiocarbon Dates from Western Swaziland
Implications of Border Cave Skeletal Remains for Later Pleistocene Human Evolution [and Comments and Reply]
Recent excavations have helped to clarify the cultural and stratigraphic sequences at Border Cave, and human skeletal remains recovered at this South African site may well be associated with a Middle Stone Age industry. A partial adult cranium is of particular interest, and this was originally described as quite different both from African Negro and from Bushman individuals. Eleven measurements were taken on the fossil, and these provide a basis …
On a new radiocarbon chronology for Africa south of the Equator
1972). On a new radiocarbon chronology for Africa south of the Equator. African Studies: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 155-182
The Edge
Located close to the Kalahari in central South Africa is a large dolomitic cave called Wonderwerk, in the stratified sediments of which there is evidence for fire-making that ranges from the end of the Later Stone Age to the very base of the Acheulean. That discovery is seen to be in accord with findings from four other regional sites, which together provide evidence that can be construed as support for fire-making over almost the same time span
On a new radiocarbon chronology for Africa south of the Equator
Patterns in the Age and Context of Rock Art in the Northern Cape
Excavations at the Blinkklipkop Specularite Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape
Anne I. Thackeray, J. F. Thackeray, Peter B. Beaumont, Excavations at the Blinkklipkop Specularite Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 137 (Jun., 1983), pp. 17-25
Iron Age Radiocarbon Dates from Western Swaziland
Report on Test Excavations in a Prehistoric Pigment Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape
Peter B. Beaumont, Adrian K. Boshier, Report on Test Excavations in a Prehistoric Pigment Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 113/114 (Jun., 1974), pp. 41-59
Iron Age Radiocarbon Dates from Western Swaziland
On a new radiocarbon chronology for Africa south of the Equator
1972). On a new radiocarbon chronology for Africa south of the Equator. African Studies: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 155-182
On a new radiocarbon chronology for Africa south of the Equator
Report on Test Excavations in a Prehistoric Pigment Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape
Peter B. Beaumont, Adrian K. Boshier, Report on Test Excavations in a Prehistoric Pigment Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 113/114 (Jun., 1974), pp. 41-59
Implications of Border Cave Skeletal Remains for Later Pleistocene Human Evolution [and Comments and Reply]
Recent excavations have helped to clarify the cultural and stratigraphic sequences at Border Cave, and human skeletal remains recovered at this South African site may well be associated with a Middle Stone Age industry. A partial adult cranium is of particular interest, and this was originally described as quite different both from African Negro and from Bushman individuals. Eleven measurements were taken on the fossil, and these provide a basis …
Excavations at the Blinkklipkop Specularite Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape
Anne I. Thackeray, J. F. Thackeray, Peter B. Beaumont, Excavations at the Blinkklipkop Specularite Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 137 (Jun., 1983), pp. 17-25
The Middle Stone Age at Klasies River Mouth in South Africa
Palaeolithic Archaeology in the Central Namib Desert
Patterns in the Age and Context of Rock Art in the Northern Cape
Environmental, ecological, and paleoanthropological implications of the late Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Equus Cave, northern Cape Province, South Africa
The late Pleistocene deposits of Equus Cave, northern Cape Province, South Africa, have provided more than 30,000 taxonomically identifiable mammal bones from 48 species. Context, associations, and features of the bone assemblage implicate brown hyenas as the main accumulators. The fauna is significant mainly because (1) it supplements previous evidence that regional climate was cooler and possibly also somewhat moister during part(s) of the late…
Pleistocene Geochronology and Palaeothermometry from Protein Diagenesis in Ostrich Eggshells
Pleistocene Geochronology and Palaeothermometry from Protein Diagenesis in Ostrich Eggshells: Implications for the Evolution of Modern Humans was published in The Origin of Modern Humans and the Impact of Chronometric Dating on page 49
Vegetation and Seasonality Shifts during the Late Quaternary Deduced from 13 C/ 12 C Ratios of Grazers at Equus Cave, South Africa
Season of rainfall can be a major influence on the relative proportions of C 3 and C 4 grasses in a landscape, since their relative distribution is essentially constrained by temperatures during the growing season; cool growing seasons favor C 3 grasses, whereas warm ones favor C 4 grasses. 13 C/ 12 C ratios in tooth enamel carbonate of grazers from the site of Equus Cave, northern Cape Province, South Africa, were used to determine vegetation an…
The Edge
Located close to the Kalahari in central South Africa is a large dolomitic cave called Wonderwerk, in the stratified sediments of which there is evidence for fire-making that ranges from the end of the Later Stone Age to the very base of the Acheulean. That discovery is seen to be in accord with findings from four other regional sites, which together provide evidence that can be construed as support for fire-making over almost the same time span
Early evidence of San material culture represented by organic artifacts from Border Cave, South Africa
Recent archaeological discoveries have revealed that pigment use, beads, engravings, and sophisticated stone and bone tools were already present in southern Africa 75,000 y ago. Many of these artifacts disappeared by 60,000 y ago, suggesting that modern behavior appeared in the past and was subsequently lost before becoming firmly established. Most archaeologists think that San hunter–gatherer cultural adaptation emerged 20,000 y ago. However, re…
Border Cave and the beginning of the Later Stone Age in South Africa
The transition from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) to the Later Stone Age (LSA) in South Africa was not associated with the appearance of anatomically modern humans and the extinction of Neandertals, as in the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Western Europe. It has therefore attracted less attention, yet it provides insights into patterns of technological evolution not associated with a new hominin. Data from Border Cave (KwaZulu-Natal) show…
On a Search for Ancestral Rock Art in the South-Eastern Kalahari (South Africa)
The finding in Excavation 6 material from Wonderwerk Cave of a few mobiliary slabs in a Late Fauresmith context dated to 270 000 years ago raised the question of for how long back subcontinental petroglyphs could have survived at open sites, where less restrictive rock surfaces may have permitted a fuller manifestation of the rock art repertoire being produced at any given time. To investigate that matter, a study centred on the south-eastern kal…
A Brief Overview of Major Pleistocene Palaeoart Sites in Sub-Saharan Africa
A literature survey shows that Africa south of the Sahara has as yet produced only a dozen palaeoart sites of Pleistocene age, of which the following seven have yielded multiple finds: Chifubwa Stream Shelter in northern Zambia. Excavations there in 1951 revealed a sequence comprising surface soil with a few Iron Age sherds, 2 m of sterile sand, and then up to 0.7 m of red earth on bedrock with a Later Stone Age assemblage belonging to the Nachik…
Les gravures pléistocènes de la grotte de Wonderwerk (Afrique du sud)
Les quelques manifestations d’art pléistocène connues en Afrique subsaharienne (12 ou 13) ne constituent indubitablement qu’une infime partie du patrimoine mondial par rapport aux sites signalés en Europe ou en Australie, mais elles représentent néanmoins une production régulière d’art paléolithique qui remonte jusqu’à environ 100 ka. Des découvertes plus anciennes témoignent d’une faible continuité, notamment les cupules de Sangoan sur l’Ile de …
Un bref panorama des principaux sites d’art pléistocène en Afrique sub-saharienne
Une analyse de la documentation montre que l’Afrique au sud du Sahara n’a livré jusqu’à présent qu’une douzaine de sites d’art pléistocène, dont les sept suivants révèlent de nombreux éléments : Chifubawa Stream Shelter au nord de la Zambie. Les fouilles en 1951 ont permis d’établir une séquence comprenant une couche de terre végétale contenant quelques tessons de l’Âge du Fer, 2 m de sable stérile, puis jusqu’à 0,7 m de sédiment rouge sus-jacent…
À la recherche d’un art rupestre ancestral dans le sud-est du Kalahari (Afrique du sud)
La découverte de quelques blocs gravés dans un contexte du Late Fauresmith daté de 270 000 ans, provenant du secteur de fouille 6 de la grotte de Wonderwerk, soulève la question de l’ancienneté des pétroglyphes sous-continentaux sur les sites de plein air. Ces gisements présentent des supports rocheux moins réduits qui pourraient avoir permis une manifestation plus importante du répertoire rupestre, quelle que soit la période. Pour mener l’enquêt…
Pleistocene Engravings from Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa)
Confirmed Pleistocene palaeoart from Africa remains rare, but there are a small number of engraved and painted portable objects from various sites in southern Africa. Some of these are stratigraphically attributable to the Middle Stone Age, while Wonderwerk Cave has also produced plaques relating to the prior Fauresmith technocomplex. We here present observations and interpretations of the hominin modification traces on two finds from that site a…
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