Grinding-stone features from the Pastoral Neolithic at Luxmanda, Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3315547 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M E Prendergast (0000-0003-0275-6795, Rice University, corresponding author), Katherine M Grillo (0000-0002-0131-6061, University of Florida, corresponding author), Agness Gidna (0009-0007-4826-4143), Agness O Gidna, Audax Mabulla (0000-0001-9591-5497, University of Dar es Salaam), Audax Z P Mabulla |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 380 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2021.13 |
| OpenAlex | W3134187968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 12 |
The initial spread of food production in eastern Africa is associated with livestock herding during the Pastoral Neolithic. Recent excavation at Luxmanda, Tanzania, a site dating to c. 3000 BP, revealed circular installations of lower grinding stones and numerous handstones. This discovery, unprecedented for this era, challenges previous ideas about pastoralist mobility and subsistence
Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeological record · Archaeology · Blade (archaeology) · Environmental planning · Excavation · Geography · Herding · Later Stone Age · Livestock · Olduvai Gorge · Pastoralism · Pleistocene · Stone Age · Subsistence agriculture · Tanzania · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Forestry · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |