Pamela R Willoughby
Biographic Data
| ID | 99733 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pamela R Willoughby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pamela R |
| FAMILY NAME | Willoughby |
| SIGNATURE | WILLOUGHBY P R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3374-8499 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 326 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Zooarchaeology of the Middle Stone Age in Magubike Rockshelter, Iringa Region, Tanzania
Modern Human Behavior
In evolutionary terms, a modern human is a member of our own species, Homo sapiens. Fossil skeletal remains assigned to Homo sapiens appear possibly as far back as 300,000 or 200,000 years ago in Africa. The first modern human skeletal remains outside of that continent are found at two sites in modern Israel, the Mugharet es Skhūl and Jebel Qafzeh; these date between 90,000 and 120,000 years ago. But this just represents a short, precocious excur…
Fourteen Years of Archaeological and Heritage Research in the Iringa Region, Tanzania
The Iringa Region is famous among archaeologists for the Acheulean site of Isimila, and among historians as the stronghold where Chief Mkwawa led the Hehe resistance against German colonial forces. However, our research reveals that Iringa has a rich archaeological record that spans the period from the Stone Age into the recent past. This article summarizes the results of 14 years of research by our team, the Iringa Region Archaeological Project …
A German Rifle Casing and Chief Mkwawa of the Wahehe: The Colonial and Post-Colonial Significance of Mlambalasi Rockshelter, Iringa Region, Tanzania
During the 2010 excavations of Mlambalasi rockshelter, Iringa Region, Tanzania, a single rifle bullet casing was recovered. Analysis of this casing found that it was manufactured in 1877 at the munitions factory in Danzig for the German infantry’s Mauser 71 rifle. This casing is thus directly linked to the period of German colonization of Tanganyika, during which Iringa was a key centre of anti-colonial resistance. Mlambalasi was the location of …
Land Snail Shell Beads in the Sub-Saharan Archaeological Record: When, Where, and Why
Shell beads are well established in the archaeological record of sub-Saharan Africa and appear as early as 75,000 BP; however, most research has focused on ostrich eggshell (OES) and various marine mollusc species. Beads made from various land snails shells (LSS), frequently described as Achatina, also appear to be widespread. Yet tracking their appearance and distribution is difficult because LSS beads are often intentionally or unintentionally …
Middle stone age point technology: Blind-testing the damage distribution method
In this paper we present further experimental validation for the damage distribution use-wear method. By reproducing the technique with a replicated tool assemblage we demonstrate its ability to distinguish between tools used as cutting/scraping implements and those with hunting, drilling or piercing functions. The method was also applied to a sample assemblage of unretouched Middle Stone Age points from the Magubike archaeological site, southern…
Stone Tools in Human Evolution: Behavioral Differences among Technological Primates, written by John J. Shea
Excavations at Mlambalasi Rockshelter: A Terminal Pleistocene to Recent Iron Age Record in Southern Tanzania
The Mlambalasi rockshelter in the Iringa Region of southern Tanzania has rich artifactual deposits spanning the Later Stone Age (LSA), Iron Age, and historic periods. Middle Stone Age (MSA) artifacts are also present on the slope in front of the rockshelter. Extensive, systematic excavations in 2006 and 2010 by members of the Iringa Region Archaeological Project (IRAP) illustrate a complex picture of repeated occupations and reuse of the rockshel…
Middle Stone Age Technology and Cultural Evolution at Magubike Rockshelter, Southern Tanzania
This paper contributes new information to the body of evidence for Middle Stone Age tool-use in Tanzania. Magubike rockshelter is located in an archaeologically unexplored region of the south-central part of the country, and thus fills a significant geographical gap between sites further to the north and those to the south in Zambia and Mozambique. Early analysis of a portion of the lithic materials demonstrates parallel changes in lithic reducti…
Terminal Pleistocene Later Stone Age Human Remains from the Mlambalasi Rock Shelter, Iringa Region, Southern Tanzania
This paper introduces research at the Mlambalasi rock shelter in the Iringa Region of southern Tanzania. The deposits are composed of a historic and Iron Age occupation, a microlithic Holocene Later Stone Age (LSA), and then a macrolithic Late Pleistocene LSA. Middle Stone Age deposits are also present on the slope in front of the rock shelter. Excavations in A.D. 2002, 2006, and 2010 yielded fragmentary human remains as well as pottery, iron, st…
Radiometrically dated ostrich eggshell beads from the Middle and Later Stone Age of Magubike Rockshelter, southern Tanzania
The Middle and Later Stone Age in the Iringa Region of southern Tanzania
From the Middle to the Later Stone Age in Eastern Africa
The First Africans: African Archaeology from the Earliest Toolmakers to Most Recent Foragers. Lawrence Barham , Peter Mitchell
How did apes become human? Or have humans become apes
Stone Age Prehistory of the Songwe River Valley, Lake Rukwa Basin, Southwestern Tanzania
Middle and Later Stone Age Technology from the Lake Rukwa Rift, Southwestern Tanzania
Beyond Chiefdoms: Pathways to Complexity in Africa
Prehistory of Australia, by lohn Mulvaney and lohan Kamminga, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1999
The prehistory of Australia is a fascinating topic. But it has also been a controversial subject, as aboriginal populations, settlers, and archaeologists have argued over the past, its ownership and its meaning and interpretation. Derek John Mulvaney has seen Australian archaeology develop from its early days, and in this book, he and co-author Johan Kamminga try to review the latest evidence. It is not clear who the book is intended for but it …
Erect Men, Undulating Women: The Visual Imagery of Gender, "Race," and Progress in Reconstructive Illustrations of Human Evolution
Based on intensive study of human origin illustrations, responses from students and colleagues and research into reconstructive illustration and feminist criticism of Western art, this ground-breaking book traces the subtle ways in which paleoanthropological conventions have influenced and have shifted in the creation of these illustrations. Wiber reveals that embedded meanings in these illustrations go beyond gender to include two other ubiquito…
Iron Technology in East Africa: Symbolism, Science, and Archaeology
Integrative Paths to the Past: Paleoanthropological Advances in Honor of F. Clark Howell, edited by Robert S. Corrnccini and Russell L. Ciochon, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1994
F. Clark Howell retired from the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley in 1991. At Berkeley, and earlier while at the University of Chicago, he was responsible for training a number of specialists in human biocultural evolution, or palaeoanthropology. In fact, Howell is credited with developing the concept of palaeoanthropology (and defining the term itself); he certainly created the framework for this integrated, multi-disciplinary…
An African Commitment: Papers in Honour of Peter Lewis Shinnie
Man-Ape, Ape-Man: Pithecanthropus in Het Pesthuis
The Middle Stone Age in East Africa and modern human origins
The Structure of the Lower Pleistocene Archaeological Record: A Case Study From the Koobi Fora Formation [and Comments and Reply]
Radiometrically dated ostrich eggshell beads from the Middle and Later Stone Age of Magubike Rockshelter, southern Tanzania
Spheroids and battered stones in the African Early Stone Age
Spheroids and battered stones form an integral part of the Acheulean and coeval Developed Oldowan at most African Early Stone Age sites. This was recognized early in the development of prehistoric research on the continent. Their absence from assemblages in the Koobi Fora region east of Lake Turkana is therefore unexpected. A study of the distribution and technology of these pieces was undertaken in an attempt to explain this anomaly. Flaked core…
The Middle and Later Stone Age in the Iringa Region of southern Tanzania
Excavations at Mlambalasi Rockshelter: A Terminal Pleistocene to Recent Iron Age Record in Southern Tanzania
The Mlambalasi rockshelter in the Iringa Region of southern Tanzania has rich artifactual deposits spanning the Later Stone Age (LSA), Iron Age, and historic periods. Middle Stone Age (MSA) artifacts are also present on the slope in front of the rockshelter. Extensive, systematic excavations in 2006 and 2010 by members of the Iringa Region Archaeological Project (IRAP) illustrate a complex picture of repeated occupations and reuse of the rockshel…
Middle Stone Age Technology and Cultural Evolution at Magubike Rockshelter, Southern Tanzania
This paper contributes new information to the body of evidence for Middle Stone Age tool-use in Tanzania. Magubike rockshelter is located in an archaeologically unexplored region of the south-central part of the country, and thus fills a significant geographical gap between sites further to the north and those to the south in Zambia and Mozambique. Early analysis of a portion of the lithic materials demonstrates parallel changes in lithic reducti…
The Archaeology of Human Origins: Papers by Glynn Isaac
Terminal Pleistocene Later Stone Age Human Remains from the Mlambalasi Rock Shelter, Iringa Region, Southern Tanzania
This paper introduces research at the Mlambalasi rock shelter in the Iringa Region of southern Tanzania. The deposits are composed of a historic and Iron Age occupation, a microlithic Holocene Later Stone Age (LSA), and then a macrolithic Late Pleistocene LSA. Middle Stone Age deposits are also present on the slope in front of the rock shelter. Excavations in A.D. 2002, 2006, and 2010 yielded fragmentary human remains as well as pottery, iron, st…
Stone Age Prehistory of the Songwe River Valley, Lake Rukwa Basin, Southwestern Tanzania
Land Snail Shell Beads in the Sub-Saharan Archaeological Record: When, Where, and Why
Shell beads are well established in the archaeological record of sub-Saharan Africa and appear as early as 75,000 BP; however, most research has focused on ostrich eggshell (OES) and various marine mollusc species. Beads made from various land snails shells (LSS), frequently described as Achatina, also appear to be widespread. Yet tracking their appearance and distribution is difficult because LSS beads are often intentionally or unintentionally …
An African Commitment: Papers in Honour of Peter Lewis Shinnie
African Civilizations. Precolonial Cities and States in Tropical Africa: An Archaeological Perspective
The Middle Stone Age in East Africa and modern human origins
Middle stone age point technology: Blind-testing the damage distribution method
In this paper we present further experimental validation for the damage distribution use-wear method. By reproducing the technique with a replicated tool assemblage we demonstrate its ability to distinguish between tools used as cutting/scraping implements and those with hunting, drilling or piercing functions. The method was also applied to a sample assemblage of unretouched Middle Stone Age points from the Magubike archaeological site, southern…
Middle and Later Stone Age Technology from the Lake Rukwa Rift, Southwestern Tanzania
Beyond Chiefdoms: Pathways to Complexity in Africa
Integrative Paths to the Past: Paleoanthropological Advances in Honor of F. Clark Howell, edited by Robert S. Corrnccini and Russell L. Ciochon, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1994
F. Clark Howell retired from the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley in 1991. At Berkeley, and earlier while at the University of Chicago, he was responsible for training a number of specialists in human biocultural evolution, or palaeoanthropology. In fact, Howell is credited with developing the concept of palaeoanthropology (and defining the term itself); he certainly created the framework for this integrated, multi-disciplinary…
Zooarchaeology of the Middle Stone Age in Magubike Rockshelter, Iringa Region, Tanzania
Fourteen Years of Archaeological and Heritage Research in the Iringa Region, Tanzania
The Iringa Region is famous among archaeologists for the Acheulean site of Isimila, and among historians as the stronghold where Chief Mkwawa led the Hehe resistance against German colonial forces. However, our research reveals that Iringa has a rich archaeological record that spans the period from the Stone Age into the recent past. This article summarizes the results of 14 years of research by our team, the Iringa Region Archaeological Project …
A German Rifle Casing and Chief Mkwawa of the Wahehe: The Colonial and Post-Colonial Significance of Mlambalasi Rockshelter, Iringa Region, Tanzania
During the 2010 excavations of Mlambalasi rockshelter, Iringa Region, Tanzania, a single rifle bullet casing was recovered. Analysis of this casing found that it was manufactured in 1877 at the munitions factory in Danzig for the German infantry’s Mauser 71 rifle. This casing is thus directly linked to the period of German colonization of Tanganyika, during which Iringa was a key centre of anti-colonial resistance. Mlambalasi was the location of …
Iron Age Migrations: The Ceramic Sequence in Southern Zambia
Spheroids and battered stones in the African Early Stone Age
Spheroids and battered stones form an integral part of the Acheulean and coeval Developed Oldowan at most African Early Stone Age sites. This was recognized early in the development of prehistoric research on the continent. Their absence from assemblages in the Koobi Fora region east of Lake Turkana is therefore unexpected. A study of the distribution and technology of these pieces was undertaken in an attempt to explain this anomaly. Flaked core…
Man on the Kafue-The Archaeology and History of the Itezhitezhi Area of Zambia
Spheroids and Battered Stones in the African Early and Middle Stone Age
African Civilizations. Precolonial Cities and States in Tropical Africa: An Archaeological Perspective
Earlier Stone Age Archaeology and African Studies: A Move towards Reconciliation
L'archéologie des premiers temps de l'âge de pierre et les études africaines: un pas vers la réconciliation. La recherche sur les premiers temps de l'âge de piene offre des renseignements sur les origines et le début de l'évolution de la culture. Comme ce domaine étudie notre passé commun, il a négligé ses racines africaines. Cependant, les archéologues continuent d'insister sur l'importance première du continent pour les débuts de la culture et …
The Archaeology of Human Origins: Papers by Glynn Isaac
Surviving Fieldwork: A Report of the Advisory Panel on Health and Safety in Fieldwork
A History of African Archaeology
The Middle Stone Age in East Africa and modern human origins
The Structure of the Lower Pleistocene Archaeological Record: A Case Study From the Koobi Fora Formation [and Comments and Reply]
Iron Age Migrations: The Ceramic Sequence in Southern Zambia
Integrative Paths to the Past: Paleoanthropological Advances in Honor of F. Clark Howell, edited by Robert S. Corrnccini and Russell L. Ciochon, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1994
F. Clark Howell retired from the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley in 1991. At Berkeley, and earlier while at the University of Chicago, he was responsible for training a number of specialists in human biocultural evolution, or palaeoanthropology. In fact, Howell is credited with developing the concept of palaeoanthropology (and defining the term itself); he certainly created the framework for this integrated, multi-disciplinary…
An African Commitment: Papers in Honour of Peter Lewis Shinnie
Man-Ape, Ape-Man: Pithecanthropus in Het Pesthuis
Iron Technology in East Africa: Symbolism, Science, and Archaeology
Erect Men, Undulating Women: The Visual Imagery of Gender, "Race," and Progress in Reconstructive Illustrations of Human Evolution
Based on intensive study of human origin illustrations, responses from students and colleagues and research into reconstructive illustration and feminist criticism of Western art, this ground-breaking book traces the subtle ways in which paleoanthropological conventions have influenced and have shifted in the creation of these illustrations. Wiber reveals that embedded meanings in these illustrations go beyond gender to include two other ubiquito…
Prehistory of Australia, by lohn Mulvaney and lohan Kamminga, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1999
The prehistory of Australia is a fascinating topic. But it has also been a controversial subject, as aboriginal populations, settlers, and archaeologists have argued over the past, its ownership and its meaning and interpretation. Derek John Mulvaney has seen Australian archaeology develop from its early days, and in this book, he and co-author Johan Kamminga try to review the latest evidence. It is not clear who the book is intended for but it …
Middle and Later Stone Age Technology from the Lake Rukwa Rift, Southwestern Tanzania
Beyond Chiefdoms: Pathways to Complexity in Africa
Stone Age Prehistory of the Songwe River Valley, Lake Rukwa Basin, Southwestern Tanzania
How did apes become human? Or have humans become apes
From the Middle to the Later Stone Age in Eastern Africa
The First Africans: African Archaeology from the Earliest Toolmakers to Most Recent Foragers. Lawrence Barham , Peter Mitchell
The Middle and Later Stone Age in the Iringa Region of southern Tanzania
Radiometrically dated ostrich eggshell beads from the Middle and Later Stone Age of Magubike Rockshelter, southern Tanzania
Archaeology (27 works) · Geography (23 works) · History (23 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (17 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (15 works) · History (14 works) · Pleistocene (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Middle Stone Age (11 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (10 works)