Archaeological survey near Tsabong, Kgalagadi District, southwestern Botswana
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6042013 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Michaela Ecker (0000-0001-9581-1882, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, autor de correspondencia), Chris Green (0000-0001-6620-4979, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), A Gwynn Henderson (0009-0005-5731-1146, Archaeology Department, McGregor Museum, Kimberley, 8301, South Africa), Inèz Faul (0000-0001-5856-9978, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), Phillip Segadika (0009-0009-9314-8883, Department of National Museum and Monuments, Khama Crescent, Gaborone, 9999, Botswana), Sarah Mothulatshipi (0000-0002-1082-5140, University of Botswana) |
| Año | 2023 |
| Volumen | 58 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 517-535 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2023-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Azania Archaeological Research in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0067-270X • E-ISSN: 1945-5534 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0067270x.2023.2260150 |
| OpenAlex | W4387169684 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 31 |
The importance of the arid interior of southern Africa for human evolution has come into focus in recent years. However, the current distribution of archaeological sites is limited to the southern margin of the Kalahari sediments in South Africa and to the northern part of Botswana. Surface scatters of archaeological artefacts in other parts of the Kalahari have not been studied systematically despite their potential to test human adaptation to marginal environments in the past. We developed a mobile Geographical Information System (GIS) set-up that allows us to record the archaeological potential of Botswana’s southwestern Kgalagadi district in a rapid and standardised manner. This paper describes five archaeological sites identified through our survey in the wider area around the town of Tsabong. Four of these sites, as well as the majority of identified surface archaeology, belong to the Middle Stone Age based on a first assessment of their lithic typology. A pattern is emerging of particular concentration of these sites on or near quartzite outcrops that are located next to pans. Additionally, six test pits confirmed the high potential for further archaeological investigations in this area using a landscape approach
Archaeological record · Archaeology · Arid · Geoarchaeology · Geography · Middle Stone Age · Outcrop · Pleistocene · Prehistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Assessing the paleoenvironmental potential of Pliocene to Holocene tufa deposits along the Ghaap Plateau escarpment (South Africa) using stable isotopes
New chronology for the southern Kalahari Group sediments with implications for sediment-cycle dynamics and early hominin occupation
Faunal evidence for mid- and late Quaternary environmental change in southern Africa
Hominin evolution in settings of strong environmental variability
Homo sapiens origins and evolution in the Kalahari Basin, southern Africa
Coring, profiling, and trenching
Upholding "good science" in human origins research
A Multi-User Mobile GIS Solution for Documenting Large Surface Scatters
The Interpretation of Some Basic Calcrete Types
Early hominin group size
A Survey of Surveys” Revisited
Geoarchaeology at Gi, a middle stone age and later stone age site in the Northwest Kalahari
Blade production ∼500 thousand years ago at Kathu Pan 1, South Africa
Provenancing of silcrete raw materials indicates long-distance transport to Tsodilo Hills, Botswana, during the Middle Stone Age
Early Evidence for Brilliant Ritualized Display
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