Eight hundred‐year‐old human remains from the Ituri tropical forest, Democratic Republic of Congo
The rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8319293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Mercader (0000-0002-5637-7937, George Washington University, corresponding author), M D Garralda (0000-0002-9609-9249, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), O M Pearson (0000-0002-1814-7663, University of New Mexico), Robert C Bailey (0000-0002-9202-1794, Chicago Department of Public Health) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-37 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1053 |
| PMID | 11309747 |
| OpenAlex | W1999910291 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 22 |
Little is known about human prehistory in the central African lowland tropical forest due to a paucity of archaeological evidence. Here we report results from our archaeological investigations of a late Holocene site in the northeast Congo Basin, with emphasis on a single skeleton from the rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest, in the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo. The skeleton dates from ∼810 BP (1235 calibrated AD) and is associated with Later Stone Age lithics, animal bone and shell remains from wild taxa, fruit endocarps from forest trees, phytoliths from tropical forest plants, Late Iron Age ceramics, and a single iron artifact. Phytolith analysis indicates that the habitat was dense tropical forest, without evidence of domesticated food. Am J Phys Anthropol 115:24–37, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Archaeology · Biology · Geography · Habitat · Holocene · Phytolith · Pollen · Prehistory · Structural basin · Swamp · Tropics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Ecology · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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The ecological basis of hunter-gatherer subsistence in African Rain Forests
Allometry and adaptation of body proportions and stature in African pygmies
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2023 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |