Mussa Raja
Biographic Data
| ID | 107067 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mussa Raja |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mussa |
| FAMILY NAME | Raja |
| SIGNATURE | RAJA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eduardo Mondlane University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4074-0754 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The geochronological landscape of Mozambique: Absolute dates from archaeological and palaeoenvironmental contexts
Mozambique Stone Age Landscape: A Decade of Archaeological Research
Since the publication of our 2016 review mapping the Stone Age of Mozambique (Gonçalves et al., 2016), Stone Age archaeological research in the country has intensified significantly. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of 654 Stone Age sites, including 272 newly documented sites. The recent discoveries in a total of more than 400 sites, discovered primarily through systematic survey campaigns between 2010 and 2025, represent an important…
Lithic Techno-economics and OSL Chronology of the Later Stone Age at Chessungalane, Save River Valley, Mozambique
Nestled between East and Southern Africa, the Stone Age archaeology of Mozambique offers important insights into Later Stone Age (LSA) behavioral variability across a region pivotal to understanding human adaptations. Here, we present results from technological analysis, refitting and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of the newly discovered site of Chessungalane (CHE) in south-central Mozambique. OSL dates indicate occupation spanni…
Portable art and personal ornaments from Txina-Txina: A new Later Stone Age site in the Limpopo River Valley, southern Mozambique
This paper reports on preliminary fieldwork at the Later Stone Age site of Txina-Txina in Mozambique. Excavation yielded a long stratigraphic sequence, a large lithic assemblage, a unique decorated gastropod shell fragment and two ostrich eggshell beads-the first of their type recovered from a Stone Age context in Mozambique
Mapping the Stone Age of Mozambique
Middle and Late Stone Age of the Niassa region, northern Mozambique. Preliminary results
Initial excavation and dating of Ngalue Cave: A Middle Stone Age site along the Niassa Rift, Mozambique
Middle Stone Age starch acquisition in the Niassa Rift, Mozambique
The quest for direct lines of evidence for Paleolithic plant consumption during the African Middle Stone Age has led scientists to study residues and use-wear on flaked stone tools. Past work has established lithic function through multiple lines of evidence and the spatial breakdown of use-wear and microscopic traces on tool surfaces. This paper focuses on the quantitative analysis of starch assemblages and the botanical identification of grains…
Initial excavation and dating of Ngalue Cave: A Middle Stone Age site along the Niassa Rift, Mozambique
Mapping the Stone Age of Mozambique
Portable art and personal ornaments from Txina-Txina: A new Later Stone Age site in the Limpopo River Valley, southern Mozambique
This paper reports on preliminary fieldwork at the Later Stone Age site of Txina-Txina in Mozambique. Excavation yielded a long stratigraphic sequence, a large lithic assemblage, a unique decorated gastropod shell fragment and two ostrich eggshell beads-the first of their type recovered from a Stone Age context in Mozambique
Middle and Late Stone Age of the Niassa region, northern Mozambique. Preliminary results
Middle Stone Age starch acquisition in the Niassa Rift, Mozambique
The quest for direct lines of evidence for Paleolithic plant consumption during the African Middle Stone Age has led scientists to study residues and use-wear on flaked stone tools. Past work has established lithic function through multiple lines of evidence and the spatial breakdown of use-wear and microscopic traces on tool surfaces. This paper focuses on the quantitative analysis of starch assemblages and the botanical identification of grains…
Initial excavation and dating of Ngalue Cave: A Middle Stone Age site along the Niassa Rift, Mozambique
Middle and Late Stone Age of the Niassa region, northern Mozambique. Preliminary results
Mapping the Stone Age of Mozambique
Portable art and personal ornaments from Txina-Txina: A new Later Stone Age site in the Limpopo River Valley, southern Mozambique
This paper reports on preliminary fieldwork at the Later Stone Age site of Txina-Txina in Mozambique. Excavation yielded a long stratigraphic sequence, a large lithic assemblage, a unique decorated gastropod shell fragment and two ostrich eggshell beads-the first of their type recovered from a Stone Age context in Mozambique
The geochronological landscape of Mozambique: Absolute dates from archaeological and palaeoenvironmental contexts
Mozambique Stone Age Landscape: A Decade of Archaeological Research
Since the publication of our 2016 review mapping the Stone Age of Mozambique (Gonçalves et al., 2016), Stone Age archaeological research in the country has intensified significantly. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of 654 Stone Age sites, including 272 newly documented sites. The recent discoveries in a total of more than 400 sites, discovered primarily through systematic survey campaigns between 2010 and 2025, represent an important…
Lithic Techno-economics and OSL Chronology of the Later Stone Age at Chessungalane, Save River Valley, Mozambique
Nestled between East and Southern Africa, the Stone Age archaeology of Mozambique offers important insights into Later Stone Age (LSA) behavioral variability across a region pivotal to understanding human adaptations. Here, we present results from technological analysis, refitting and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of the newly discovered site of Chessungalane (CHE) in south-central Mozambique. OSL dates indicate occupation spanni…
Middle Stone Age (7 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (6 works) · Later Stone Age (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Pleistocene (5 works) · Stone Age (5 works) · Stone tool (4 works) · Biology (3 works)