A Val
Biographic Data
| ID | 46307 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Val |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Val |
| SIGNATURE | VAL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5350-186X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 147 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Bone retouchers and end-scrapers side by side at Bushman Rock Shelter: Exploring a ca. 100,000-year-old technological imbrication in southern Africa
A growing body of archaeological data points towards distinct cultural innovations during Marine Isotopic Stage (MIS) 5 in Africa. At Bushman Rock Shelter in South Africa, we described previously a large corpus of end-scrapers that constitute a technological novelty in the context of MIS 5 developments. Here, we describe 25 bones with impressions collected from the same deposits. Middle Stone Age layers at the site represent a succession of disti…
Butchery activities associated with Member 5 at Sterkfontein, South Africa
The origin of animal tissue consumption within the hominin lineage remains a central question in palaeoanthropology and taphonomy. This question is mostly addressed through the study of bone surface modifications (e.g., butchery marks) observed on fossils from East African sites. Albeit somewhat overlooked compared to East Africa, South Africa provides an additional body of evidence regarding the evolution of hominin behaviours. Here, we provide …
Bushman Rock Shelter and Heuningneskrans, South Africa
Olieboomspoort, South Africa
Archéologie funéraire à Thaenae (Thyna): Nouvelles données sur le « mausolée Fendri »
La rénovation en cours du musée archéologique de Sfax et les recherches actuelles dans le cadre du chantier-école de Thaenae ont été l’occasion entre 2020 et 2022 de réexaminer le matériel découvert par M. Fendri dans un sondage qu’il réalisa en 1964 dans la nécropole septentrionale de la ville. Il y découvrit un mausolée, plusieurs sépultures secondaires à crémation composées de stèles et d’urnes ainsi qu’une inhumation sous une cupule et du mob…
Ochre use at Olieboomspoort, South Africa: Insights into specular hematite use and collection during the Middle Stone Age
Recent excavations at Olieboomspoort (OBP) in the Waterberg Mountains of South Africa confirmed previous research at the site that highlighted an abundance of ochre in the Middle Stone Age (MSA) deposits. Here, we report on the results of an analysis of the ochre from the MSA deposits excavated in 2018-2019. Fossilised equid teeth from these deposits were recently dated to approximately 150 ka, an early date for such a sizeable ochre assemblage i…
From Veld to Coast: Towards an Understanding of the Diverse Landscapes’ Uses by Past Foragers in Southern Africa
In this brief contribution, we outline the aims of a collection entitled “From veld to coast: towards an understanding of the diverse landscapes’ uses by past foragers in southern Africa,” and we define its chronological, geographic and thematic framework
Fossil birds from Cooper's D aid in reconstructing the Early Pleistocene paleoenvironment in the Cradle of Humankind (Gauteng, South Africa)
Investigating the 1930s Kohl-Larsen collection from the Lake Eyasi Basin, Tanzania
Since more than 80 years, the University of Tübingen hosts the archaeological collections excavated by Margit and Ludwig Kohl-Larsen between 1934 and 1939 in modern-day Tanzania. Despite the great scientific relevance of these collections, most of them were never published on an international scale and were thus unavailable for the broader Africanist archaeological community. In the light of new excavations around Lake Eyasi, conducted jointly by…
Taphonomic Study of a Modern Baboon Sleeping Site at Misgrot, South Africa: Implications for Large-Bodied Primate Taphonomy in Karstic Deposits
Tim Forssman. 2020. Foragers in the middle Limpopo Valley: Trade, place-making, and social complexity. Oxford: Archaeopress; 978-1-78969-686-8 eBook Open Access
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The place beyond the trees: Renewed excavations of the Middle Stone Age deposits at Olieboomspoort in the Waterberg Mountains of the South African Savanna Biome
Olieboomspoort is one of the few rock shelters in the vast interior of southern Africa documenting pulses of occupation from the Acheulean until the end of the Later Stone Age. Revil Mason excavated the site in 1954 and attributed the large Middle Stone Age (MSA) lithic assemblage to his middle phase of the so-called Pietersburg Industry. Recent work at the site has focused on the Holocene layers, but little is known about the earlier phases of s…
Experimentation preceding innovation in a MIS5 Pre-Still Bay layer from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa): Emerging technologies and symbols
In southern Africa, key technologies and symbolic behaviors develop as early as the later Middle Stone Age in MIS5. These innovations arise independently in various places, contexts and forms, until their full expression during the Still Bay and the Howiesons Poort. The Middle Stone Age sequence from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, on the West Coast of the region, preserves archaeological proxies that help unravelling the cultural processes at work. This…
Evaluating sampling methods in charcoal-rich layers and high diversity environment: A case study from the Later Stone Age of Bushman Rock Shelter, South Africa
Analysis of the faunal remains: Results
S. Costamagno As discussed in the first chapter, analyzing the butchery marks using the reference collection produced during the research project was only possible for a limited number of sites. Aside the open-air sites that did not contain bone remains, the stratigraphic issues involed in some sequences (Abri Olha) and the poor preservation of the bone surfaces in some assemblages (Mauran, Coudoulous 1, Les Fieux) rendered this type of approach …
The reference collection of cutmarks
The butchery experiments conducted as part of the PCR belong to a long tradition of studies initiated in the early 20th century by L. Henri-Martin (1910). With the exception of this early example however, the first butchery experiments really began in the 1970s, with the goal of testing the effectiveness of stone tools but also to define the constraints related to the removal of certain animal animals (see Frison, 1978 on the processing of a biso…
L’étude des restes fauniques: Résultats
S. Costamagno Comme évoqué dans le premier chapitre, l’analyse des stries de boucherie à la lumière du référentiel obtenu dans le cadre du PCR n’a pu être mené que sur un nombre restreint de sites. En dehors des sites de plein air qui ne contiennent pas de restes osseux, les problèmes stratigraphiques de certaines séquences (Olha) et la mauvaise conservation des surfaces osseuses de certaines séries (Mauran, Coudoulous 1, les Fieux) n’ont pas per…
Le référentiel de stries de boucherie
Les travaux sur les stries de boucherie menés dans le cadre du PCR s’inscrivent dans une longue tradition initiée dès le début du XXe par L. Henri-Martin (1910). Si l’on exclut ces travaux, les premières expériences de boucherie ont réellement commencé à se développer dans les années 1970 afin de tester l’efficacité des outils en pierre mais aussi d’appréhender les contraintes liées au prélèvement de certaines matières animales (Frison, 1978 sur …
New data on avifaunal remains associated with the Middle Stone Age layers from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa
Revisiting Mwulu's Cave: New insights into the Middle Stone Age in the southern African savanna biome
Reconstruction of the burial position of two hominin skeletons ( Australopithecus sediba ) from the early Pleistocene Malapa cave site, South Africa
The Malapa site has yielded unusually abundant and well preserved fossils of Australopithecus sediba . While some elements were found in situ during excavation, others were recovered ex situ from blocks of clastic, calcified sediments collected around the site. We have refitted the ex situ elements from Facies D, the sedimentary unit represented by a single debris flow from which most of the Au. sediba remains were collected, with the elements re…
Beads, pigments and early Holocene ornamental traditions at Bushman Rock Shelter, South Africa
Testing the influence of stone tool type on microscopic morphology of cut-marks: Experimental approach and application to the archaeological record with a case study from the Middle Palaeolithic site …
Deliberate body disposal by hominins in the Dinaledi Chamber, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
Direct evidence for human exploitation of birds in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa: The example of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal
Revisiting Mwulu's Cave: New insights into the Middle Stone Age in the southern African savanna biome
Beads, pigments and early Holocene ornamental traditions at Bushman Rock Shelter, South Africa
Testing the influence of stone tool type on microscopic morphology of cut-marks: Experimental approach and application to the archaeological record with a case study from the Middle Palaeolithic site …
New data on the avifauna from the Middle Stone Age layers of Sibudu Cave, South Africa: Taphonomic and palaeoenvironmental implications
The place beyond the trees: Renewed excavations of the Middle Stone Age deposits at Olieboomspoort in the Waterberg Mountains of the South African Savanna Biome
Olieboomspoort is one of the few rock shelters in the vast interior of southern Africa documenting pulses of occupation from the Acheulean until the end of the Later Stone Age. Revil Mason excavated the site in 1954 and attributed the large Middle Stone Age (MSA) lithic assemblage to his middle phase of the so-called Pietersburg Industry. Recent work at the site has focused on the Holocene layers, but little is known about the earlier phases of s…
Direct evidence for human exploitation of birds in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa: The example of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal
Deliberate body disposal by hominins in the Dinaledi Chamber, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
Experimentation preceding innovation in a MIS5 Pre-Still Bay layer from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa): Emerging technologies and symbols
In southern Africa, key technologies and symbolic behaviors develop as early as the later Middle Stone Age in MIS5. These innovations arise independently in various places, contexts and forms, until their full expression during the Still Bay and the Howiesons Poort. The Middle Stone Age sequence from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, on the West Coast of the region, preserves archaeological proxies that help unravelling the cultural processes at work. This…
Ochre use at Olieboomspoort, South Africa: Insights into specular hematite use and collection during the Middle Stone Age
Recent excavations at Olieboomspoort (OBP) in the Waterberg Mountains of South Africa confirmed previous research at the site that highlighted an abundance of ochre in the Middle Stone Age (MSA) deposits. Here, we report on the results of an analysis of the ochre from the MSA deposits excavated in 2018-2019. Fossilised equid teeth from these deposits were recently dated to approximately 150 ka, an early date for such a sizeable ochre assemblage i…
New data on avifaunal remains associated with the Middle Stone Age layers from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa
Reconstruction of the burial position of two hominin skeletons ( Australopithecus sediba ) from the early Pleistocene Malapa cave site, South Africa
The Malapa site has yielded unusually abundant and well preserved fossils of Australopithecus sediba . While some elements were found in situ during excavation, others were recovered ex situ from blocks of clastic, calcified sediments collected around the site. We have refitted the ex situ elements from Facies D, the sedimentary unit represented by a single debris flow from which most of the Au. sediba remains were collected, with the elements re…
Fossil birds from Cooper's D aid in reconstructing the Early Pleistocene paleoenvironment in the Cradle of Humankind (Gauteng, South Africa)
Evaluating sampling methods in charcoal-rich layers and high diversity environment: A case study from the Later Stone Age of Bushman Rock Shelter, South Africa
Butchery activities associated with Member 5 at Sterkfontein, South Africa
The origin of animal tissue consumption within the hominin lineage remains a central question in palaeoanthropology and taphonomy. This question is mostly addressed through the study of bone surface modifications (e.g., butchery marks) observed on fossils from East African sites. Albeit somewhat overlooked compared to East Africa, South Africa provides an additional body of evidence regarding the evolution of hominin behaviours. Here, we provide …
Tim Forssman. 2020. Foragers in the middle Limpopo Valley: Trade, place-making, and social complexity. Oxford: Archaeopress; 978-1-78969-686-8 eBook Open Access
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
New data on the avifauna from the Middle Stone Age layers of Sibudu Cave, South Africa: Taphonomic and palaeoenvironmental implications
Testing the influence of stone tool type on microscopic morphology of cut-marks: Experimental approach and application to the archaeological record with a case study from the Middle Palaeolithic site …
Deliberate body disposal by hominins in the Dinaledi Chamber, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
Direct evidence for human exploitation of birds in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa: The example of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal
Reconstruction of the burial position of two hominin skeletons ( Australopithecus sediba ) from the early Pleistocene Malapa cave site, South Africa
The Malapa site has yielded unusually abundant and well preserved fossils of Australopithecus sediba . While some elements were found in situ during excavation, others were recovered ex situ from blocks of clastic, calcified sediments collected around the site. We have refitted the ex situ elements from Facies D, the sedimentary unit represented by a single debris flow from which most of the Au. sediba remains were collected, with the elements re…
Beads, pigments and early Holocene ornamental traditions at Bushman Rock Shelter, South Africa
Analysis of the faunal remains: Results
S. Costamagno As discussed in the first chapter, analyzing the butchery marks using the reference collection produced during the research project was only possible for a limited number of sites. Aside the open-air sites that did not contain bone remains, the stratigraphic issues involed in some sequences (Abri Olha) and the poor preservation of the bone surfaces in some assemblages (Mauran, Coudoulous 1, Les Fieux) rendered this type of approach …
The reference collection of cutmarks
The butchery experiments conducted as part of the PCR belong to a long tradition of studies initiated in the early 20th century by L. Henri-Martin (1910). With the exception of this early example however, the first butchery experiments really began in the 1970s, with the goal of testing the effectiveness of stone tools but also to define the constraints related to the removal of certain animal animals (see Frison, 1978 on the processing of a biso…
L’étude des restes fauniques: Résultats
S. Costamagno Comme évoqué dans le premier chapitre, l’analyse des stries de boucherie à la lumière du référentiel obtenu dans le cadre du PCR n’a pu être mené que sur un nombre restreint de sites. En dehors des sites de plein air qui ne contiennent pas de restes osseux, les problèmes stratigraphiques de certaines séquences (Olha) et la mauvaise conservation des surfaces osseuses de certaines séries (Mauran, Coudoulous 1, les Fieux) n’ont pas per…
Le référentiel de stries de boucherie
Les travaux sur les stries de boucherie menés dans le cadre du PCR s’inscrivent dans une longue tradition initiée dès le début du XXe par L. Henri-Martin (1910). Si l’on exclut ces travaux, les premières expériences de boucherie ont réellement commencé à se développer dans les années 1970 afin de tester l’efficacité des outils en pierre mais aussi d’appréhender les contraintes liées au prélèvement de certaines matières animales (Frison, 1978 sur …
New data on avifaunal remains associated with the Middle Stone Age layers from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa
Revisiting Mwulu's Cave: New insights into the Middle Stone Age in the southern African savanna biome
Experimentation preceding innovation in a MIS5 Pre-Still Bay layer from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa): Emerging technologies and symbols
In southern Africa, key technologies and symbolic behaviors develop as early as the later Middle Stone Age in MIS5. These innovations arise independently in various places, contexts and forms, until their full expression during the Still Bay and the Howiesons Poort. The Middle Stone Age sequence from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, on the West Coast of the region, preserves archaeological proxies that help unravelling the cultural processes at work. This…
Evaluating sampling methods in charcoal-rich layers and high diversity environment: A case study from the Later Stone Age of Bushman Rock Shelter, South Africa
Investigating the 1930s Kohl-Larsen collection from the Lake Eyasi Basin, Tanzania
Since more than 80 years, the University of Tübingen hosts the archaeological collections excavated by Margit and Ludwig Kohl-Larsen between 1934 and 1939 in modern-day Tanzania. Despite the great scientific relevance of these collections, most of them were never published on an international scale and were thus unavailable for the broader Africanist archaeological community. In the light of new excavations around Lake Eyasi, conducted jointly by…
Taphonomic Study of a Modern Baboon Sleeping Site at Misgrot, South Africa: Implications for Large-Bodied Primate Taphonomy in Karstic Deposits
Tim Forssman. 2020. Foragers in the middle Limpopo Valley: Trade, place-making, and social complexity. Oxford: Archaeopress; 978-1-78969-686-8 eBook Open Access
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The place beyond the trees: Renewed excavations of the Middle Stone Age deposits at Olieboomspoort in the Waterberg Mountains of the South African Savanna Biome
Olieboomspoort is one of the few rock shelters in the vast interior of southern Africa documenting pulses of occupation from the Acheulean until the end of the Later Stone Age. Revil Mason excavated the site in 1954 and attributed the large Middle Stone Age (MSA) lithic assemblage to his middle phase of the so-called Pietersburg Industry. Recent work at the site has focused on the Holocene layers, but little is known about the earlier phases of s…
From Veld to Coast: Towards an Understanding of the Diverse Landscapes’ Uses by Past Foragers in Southern Africa
In this brief contribution, we outline the aims of a collection entitled “From veld to coast: towards an understanding of the diverse landscapes’ uses by past foragers in southern Africa,” and we define its chronological, geographic and thematic framework
Fossil birds from Cooper's D aid in reconstructing the Early Pleistocene paleoenvironment in the Cradle of Humankind (Gauteng, South Africa)
Bushman Rock Shelter and Heuningneskrans, South Africa
Olieboomspoort, South Africa
Archéologie funéraire à Thaenae (Thyna): Nouvelles données sur le « mausolée Fendri »
La rénovation en cours du musée archéologique de Sfax et les recherches actuelles dans le cadre du chantier-école de Thaenae ont été l’occasion entre 2020 et 2022 de réexaminer le matériel découvert par M. Fendri dans un sondage qu’il réalisa en 1964 dans la nécropole septentrionale de la ville. Il y découvrit un mausolée, plusieurs sépultures secondaires à crémation composées de stèles et d’urnes ainsi qu’une inhumation sous une cupule et du mob…
Ochre use at Olieboomspoort, South Africa: Insights into specular hematite use and collection during the Middle Stone Age
Recent excavations at Olieboomspoort (OBP) in the Waterberg Mountains of South Africa confirmed previous research at the site that highlighted an abundance of ochre in the Middle Stone Age (MSA) deposits. Here, we report on the results of an analysis of the ochre from the MSA deposits excavated in 2018-2019. Fossilised equid teeth from these deposits were recently dated to approximately 150 ka, an early date for such a sizeable ochre assemblage i…
Butchery activities associated with Member 5 at Sterkfontein, South Africa
The origin of animal tissue consumption within the hominin lineage remains a central question in palaeoanthropology and taphonomy. This question is mostly addressed through the study of bone surface modifications (e.g., butchery marks) observed on fossils from East African sites. Albeit somewhat overlooked compared to East Africa, South Africa provides an additional body of evidence regarding the evolution of hominin behaviours. Here, we provide …
Archaeology (20 works) · Geography (20 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 works) · Geology (15 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (13 works) · Paleontology (13 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 works) · Ecology (11 works) · Cave (10 works) · Middle Stone Age (10 works)