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Lyn Wadley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • middle stone age bedding construction and settlement patterns at sibudu south africa
    Science, 2011
    Co-Authors: Lyn Wadley, Paul Goldberg, Francesco Berna, Christine Sievers, Marion K Bamford, Christopher E. Miller
    Abstract:

    The Middle Stone Age (MSA) is associated with early behavioral innovations, expansions of modern humans within and out of Africa, and occasional population bottlenecks. Several innovations in the MSA are seen in an archaeological sequence in the rock shelter Sibudu (South Africa). At ~77,000 years ago, people constructed plant bedding from sedges and other monocotyledons topped with aromatic leaves containing insecticidal and larvicidal chemicals. Beginning at ~73,000 years ago, bedding was burned, presumably for Site Maintenance. By ~58,000 years ago, bedding construction, burning, and other forms of Site use and Maintenance intensified, suggesting that settlement strategies changed. Behavioral differences between ~77,000 and 58,000 years ago may coincide with population fluctuations in Africa.

  • Bedding, hearths, and Site Maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2009
    Co-Authors: Paul Goldberg, Christopher E. Miller, Solveig Schiegl, Bertrand Ligouis, Francesco Berna, Nicholas J. Conard, Lyn Wadley
    Abstract:

    Micromorphological analysis of sediments from the Middle Stone Age Site of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, provides a high-resolution sequence and evidence of Site formation processes of predominantly anthropogenic deposits. This methodology allows for a detailed interpretation of individual anthropogenic activities, including the construction of hearths and bedding and the Maintenance of occupational surfaces through the sweep out of hearths and the repeated burning of bedding. This analysis also provides a context for evaluating other studies at the Site relating to magnetic susceptibility, paleobotany, paleozoology, anthracology, and studies of ochre.

Paul Goldberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • middle stone age bedding construction and settlement patterns at sibudu south africa
    Science, 2011
    Co-Authors: Lyn Wadley, Paul Goldberg, Francesco Berna, Christine Sievers, Marion K Bamford, Christopher E. Miller
    Abstract:

    The Middle Stone Age (MSA) is associated with early behavioral innovations, expansions of modern humans within and out of Africa, and occasional population bottlenecks. Several innovations in the MSA are seen in an archaeological sequence in the rock shelter Sibudu (South Africa). At ~77,000 years ago, people constructed plant bedding from sedges and other monocotyledons topped with aromatic leaves containing insecticidal and larvicidal chemicals. Beginning at ~73,000 years ago, bedding was burned, presumably for Site Maintenance. By ~58,000 years ago, bedding construction, burning, and other forms of Site use and Maintenance intensified, suggesting that settlement strategies changed. Behavioral differences between ~77,000 and 58,000 years ago may coincide with population fluctuations in Africa.

  • Bedding, hearths, and Site Maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2009
    Co-Authors: Paul Goldberg, Christopher E. Miller, Solveig Schiegl, Bertrand Ligouis, Francesco Berna, Nicholas J. Conard, Lyn Wadley
    Abstract:

    Micromorphological analysis of sediments from the Middle Stone Age Site of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, provides a high-resolution sequence and evidence of Site formation processes of predominantly anthropogenic deposits. This methodology allows for a detailed interpretation of individual anthropogenic activities, including the construction of hearths and bedding and the Maintenance of occupational surfaces through the sweep out of hearths and the repeated burning of bedding. This analysis also provides a context for evaluating other studies at the Site relating to magnetic susceptibility, paleobotany, paleozoology, anthracology, and studies of ochre.

Christopher E. Miller - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • middle stone age bedding construction and settlement patterns at sibudu south africa
    Science, 2011
    Co-Authors: Lyn Wadley, Paul Goldberg, Francesco Berna, Christine Sievers, Marion K Bamford, Christopher E. Miller
    Abstract:

    The Middle Stone Age (MSA) is associated with early behavioral innovations, expansions of modern humans within and out of Africa, and occasional population bottlenecks. Several innovations in the MSA are seen in an archaeological sequence in the rock shelter Sibudu (South Africa). At ~77,000 years ago, people constructed plant bedding from sedges and other monocotyledons topped with aromatic leaves containing insecticidal and larvicidal chemicals. Beginning at ~73,000 years ago, bedding was burned, presumably for Site Maintenance. By ~58,000 years ago, bedding construction, burning, and other forms of Site use and Maintenance intensified, suggesting that settlement strategies changed. Behavioral differences between ~77,000 and 58,000 years ago may coincide with population fluctuations in Africa.

  • Bedding, hearths, and Site Maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2009
    Co-Authors: Paul Goldberg, Christopher E. Miller, Solveig Schiegl, Bertrand Ligouis, Francesco Berna, Nicholas J. Conard, Lyn Wadley
    Abstract:

    Micromorphological analysis of sediments from the Middle Stone Age Site of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, provides a high-resolution sequence and evidence of Site formation processes of predominantly anthropogenic deposits. This methodology allows for a detailed interpretation of individual anthropogenic activities, including the construction of hearths and bedding and the Maintenance of occupational surfaces through the sweep out of hearths and the repeated burning of bedding. This analysis also provides a context for evaluating other studies at the Site relating to magnetic susceptibility, paleobotany, paleozoology, anthracology, and studies of ochre.

Francesco Berna - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • middle stone age bedding construction and settlement patterns at sibudu south africa
    Science, 2011
    Co-Authors: Lyn Wadley, Paul Goldberg, Francesco Berna, Christine Sievers, Marion K Bamford, Christopher E. Miller
    Abstract:

    The Middle Stone Age (MSA) is associated with early behavioral innovations, expansions of modern humans within and out of Africa, and occasional population bottlenecks. Several innovations in the MSA are seen in an archaeological sequence in the rock shelter Sibudu (South Africa). At ~77,000 years ago, people constructed plant bedding from sedges and other monocotyledons topped with aromatic leaves containing insecticidal and larvicidal chemicals. Beginning at ~73,000 years ago, bedding was burned, presumably for Site Maintenance. By ~58,000 years ago, bedding construction, burning, and other forms of Site use and Maintenance intensified, suggesting that settlement strategies changed. Behavioral differences between ~77,000 and 58,000 years ago may coincide with population fluctuations in Africa.

  • Bedding, hearths, and Site Maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2009
    Co-Authors: Paul Goldberg, Christopher E. Miller, Solveig Schiegl, Bertrand Ligouis, Francesco Berna, Nicholas J. Conard, Lyn Wadley
    Abstract:

    Micromorphological analysis of sediments from the Middle Stone Age Site of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, provides a high-resolution sequence and evidence of Site formation processes of predominantly anthropogenic deposits. This methodology allows for a detailed interpretation of individual anthropogenic activities, including the construction of hearths and bedding and the Maintenance of occupational surfaces through the sweep out of hearths and the repeated burning of bedding. This analysis also provides a context for evaluating other studies at the Site relating to magnetic susceptibility, paleobotany, paleozoology, anthracology, and studies of ochre.

Nicholas J. Conard - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Bedding, hearths, and Site Maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2009
    Co-Authors: Paul Goldberg, Christopher E. Miller, Solveig Schiegl, Bertrand Ligouis, Francesco Berna, Nicholas J. Conard, Lyn Wadley
    Abstract:

    Micromorphological analysis of sediments from the Middle Stone Age Site of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, provides a high-resolution sequence and evidence of Site formation processes of predominantly anthropogenic deposits. This methodology allows for a detailed interpretation of individual anthropogenic activities, including the construction of hearths and bedding and the Maintenance of occupational surfaces through the sweep out of hearths and the repeated burning of bedding. This analysis also provides a context for evaluating other studies at the Site relating to magnetic susceptibility, paleobotany, paleozoology, anthracology, and studies of ochre.