Hunting and Gathering in Africa's Tropical Forests at the End of The Pleistocene and in the Early Holocene

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ID9372703
AuthorsEls Cornelissen (0000-0002-6111-7208, Royal Museum for Central Africa, corresponding author)
Year2013
Publication date2013-07-04
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Oxford Handbook Of African Archaeology (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199569885.013.0028
OpenAlexW2735755877
ISBN9780199569885
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This article notes that stone artefacts often provide the only means for identifying sites, reconstructing behaviour and determining cultural affiliation in West and Central Africa. For the period covering the end of the Pleistocene and early Holocene, lithic industries can be grouped into two broad technological traditions, the Lupemban–Tshitolian assemblages and microlithic quartz industries. Even if different human populations would leave different signatures in their material culture and, more specifically, their stone tools, the current distribution of western and eastern hunter-gatherers in the Central African forest is not reflected in the Pleistocene or Holocene distribution of the two broad technological complexes. Meanwhile, a combination of poor access to and conservation of raw material may explain the absence of evidence in the forests of the central Congo basin

Archaeology · Geography · Holocene · Period (music · Pleistocene · Stone Age · Stone tool · Structural basin · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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