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View article: Butchery activities associated with Member 5 at Sterkfontein, South Africa
Butchery activities associated with Member 5 at Sterkfontein, South Africa Open
The origin of animal tissue consumption within the hominin lineage remains a central question in palaeoanthropology and taphonomy. This question is mostly addressed through the study of bone surface modifications (e.g., butchery marks) obs…
View article: A new species of Lovebird (Aves, Psittaculidae, Agapornis) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Cradle of Humankind (Gauteng, South Africa)
A new species of Lovebird (Aves, Psittaculidae, Agapornis) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Cradle of Humankind (Gauteng, South Africa) Open
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View article: Behind the waterfall - Interdisciplinary results from Holley Shelter and their implications for understanding human behavioral patterns at the end of the Middle Stone Age in southern Africa
Behind the waterfall - Interdisciplinary results from Holley Shelter and their implications for understanding human behavioral patterns at the end of the Middle Stone Age in southern Africa Open
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View article: Renewed impetus for Stone Age research in the Eastern Free State (South Africa) centred on Rose Cottage Cave
Renewed impetus for Stone Age research in the Eastern Free State (South Africa) centred on Rose Cottage Cave Open
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View article: Experimentation preceding innovation in a MIS5 Pre-Still Bay layer from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa): emerging technologies and symbols
Experimentation preceding innovation in a MIS5 Pre-Still Bay layer from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa): emerging technologies and symbols Open
In southern Africa, key technologies and symbolic behaviors develop as early as the later Middle Stone Age in MIS5. These innovations arise independently in various places, contexts and forms, until their full expression during the Still B…
View article: Investigating the 1930s Kohl-Larsen collection from the Lake Eyasi Basin, Tanzania
Investigating the 1930s Kohl-Larsen collection from the Lake Eyasi Basin, Tanzania Open
Since more than 80 years, the University of Tübingen hosts the archaeological collections excavated by Margit and Ludwig Kohl-Larsen between 1934 and 1939 in modern-day Tanzania. Despite the great scientific relevance of these collections,…
View article: Multi-proxy analyses of a mid-15th century Middle Iron Age Bantu-speaker palaeo-faecal specimen elucidates the configuration of the ‘ancestral’ sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome
Multi-proxy analyses of a mid-15th century Middle Iron Age Bantu-speaker palaeo-faecal specimen elucidates the configuration of the ‘ancestral’ sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome Open
Background The archaeological incidence of ancient human faecal material provides a rare opportunity to explore the taxonomic composition and metabolic capacity of the ancestral human intestinal microbiome (IM). Here, we report the results…
View article: Additional file 2 of Multi-proxy analyses of a mid-15th century Middle Iron Age Bantu-speaker palaeo-faecal specimen elucidates the configuration of the ‘ancestral’ sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome
Additional file 2 of Multi-proxy analyses of a mid-15th century Middle Iron Age Bantu-speaker palaeo-faecal specimen elucidates the configuration of the ‘ancestral’ sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome Open
Additional file 2: Table S1. Sequence reads for environmental- and subsistence-related taxa detected. Table S2. Information concerning 14C Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) dating. Table S3a. Processing protocol and results for isotope a…
View article: Analysis of the faunal remains: results
Analysis of the faunal remains: results Open
S. Costamagno As discussed in the first chapter, analyzing the butchery marks using the reference collection produced during the research project was only possible for a limited number of sites. Aside the open-air sites that did not contai…
View article: The reference collection of cutmarks
The reference collection of cutmarks Open
The butchery experiments conducted as part of the PCR belong to a long tradition of studies initiated in the early 20th century by L. Henri-Martin (1910). With the exception of this early example however, the first butchery experiments rea…
View article: Multi-proxy analyses of a mid-15<sup>th</sup> century ‘Middle Iron Age’ Bantu-speaker palaeo-faecal specimen elucidates the configuration of the ‘ancestral’ sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome
Multi-proxy analyses of a mid-15<sup>th</sup> century ‘Middle Iron Age’ Bantu-speaker palaeo-faecal specimen elucidates the configuration of the ‘ancestral’ sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome Open
The archaeological incidence of ancient human faecal material provides a rare opportunity to explore the taxonomic composition and metabolic capacity of the ancestral human intestinal microbiome (IM). Following the recovery of a single des…
View article: The MIS5 Pietersburg at ‘28’ Bushman Rock Shelter, Limpopo Province, South Africa
The MIS5 Pietersburg at ‘28’ Bushman Rock Shelter, Limpopo Province, South Africa Open
In the past few decades, a diverse array of research has emphasized the precocity of technically advanced and symbolic practices occurring during the southern African Middle Stone Age. However, uncertainties regarding the regional chrono-c…
View article: New excavations of the Later and Middle Stone Age layers at Bushman Rock Shelter, Limpopo Province, South Africa
New excavations of the Later and Middle Stone Age layers at Bushman Rock Shelter, Limpopo Province, South Africa Open
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View article: Taphonomic Analysis of the Faunal Assemblage Associated with the Hominins (Australopithecus sediba) from the Early Pleistocene Cave Deposits of Malapa, South Africa
Taphonomic Analysis of the Faunal Assemblage Associated with the Hominins (Australopithecus sediba) from the Early Pleistocene Cave Deposits of Malapa, South Africa Open
Here we present the results of a taphonomic study of the faunal assemblage associated with the hominin fossils (Australopithecus sediba) from the Malapa site. Results include estimation of body part representation, mortality profiles, type…
View article: Bushman Rock Shelter (Limpopo, South Africa): A perspective from the edge of the Highveld
Bushman Rock Shelter (Limpopo, South Africa): A perspective from the edge of the Highveld Open
In this paper, we introduce a recently initiated research project conducted at Bushman Rock Shelter, on the northeastern edge of the Highveld plateau in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Previous excavations carried out at the site during th…