Africa from MIS 6-2 : Population Dynamics and Paleoenvironments.
| 1. Verfasser: |
Jones, Sacha.
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Stewart, Brian.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Dordrecht :
Springer,
2016.
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| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (419 pages). |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology
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| Schlagworte: | |
| Parallelausgabe: |
Africa from MIS 6-2 : Population Dynamics and Paleoenvironments (Print version:) |
| Online Zugang: |
Available online |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Intro
- Preface
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Africa from MIS 6-2: The Florescence of Modern Humans
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Population Dynamics and Paleoenvironments
- Structure of the Book: Why Biomes?
- Coasts
- Deserts
- Grasslands, Woodlands, and Rainforests
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Part I Coasts
- 2 Mid to Late Quaternary Landscape and Environmental Dynamics in the Middle Stone Age of Southern South Africa
- Abstract
- Preamble
- Spatial and Temporal Scope
- Context
- Archaeology and the Coastal Landscape
- Contemporary Setting and Drivers of Change
- Landscape
- Coastal Geomorphology
- Climate
- Ecology
- Quaternary Coastal Dynamics
- Quaternary Sea Level Change
- Landscape Responses to Sea Level Change: Some Generalizations
- Pleistocene Paleoenvironments and Paleoecology
- Rainfall Regime Configurations During the Pleistocene
- Paleoclimatic Insights from MIS 2 and MIS 1
- Paleoclimates During the MSA: MIS 5b-3 (95
- 60 Ka)
- Southern Cape Paleoecology
- Summary: Integrating Human Occupation and Subsistence with Paleolandscape and Paleoclimates
- Landscape Factors
- Paleoclimatic and Paleoecological Factors
- Human Interaction and Subsistence
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 3 Technological Change and the Importance of Variability: The Western Cape of South Africa from MIS 6-2
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Culture Evolutionism and Culture History in Southern African Archaeology
- The Late Pleistocene Culture Historic Sequence in the Western Cape
- Technological Changes at Four Western Cape Sites
- Changes in Materials and Implement Frequencies at Diepkloof
- Changes in Materials and Implement Frequencies at Klein Kliphuis
- Changes in Implement Frequencies at Hollow Rock Shelter and Klipfonteinrand
- Discussion
- Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments.
- References
- 4 Cultural Change, Demography, and the Archaeology of the Last 100 kyr in Southern Africa
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Population Size During the MSA
- The LSA Archaeological Sequence
- Howiesons Poort and Wilton
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 5 Patterns of Hominin Occupation and Cultural Diversity Across the Gebel Akhdar of Northern Libya Over the Last sim200 kyr
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Geoarchaeological Surveys in the TRANS-NAP Project Study Region
- Archaeological Patterns Across Biomes in Northern Cyrenaica
- Littoral
- Gebel Akhdar
- Pre-desert
- Desert
- Discussion
- MSA and LSA Patterns of Occupation in Northern Cyrenaica
- MSA Diversity in Northern Cyrenaica
- Demographic Connections from MIS 6-2
- Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Part II Deserts
- 6 Climate Change and Modern Human Occupation of the Sahara from MIS 6-2
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Aims and Objectives
- Methods
- Temporal Evaluation of Saharan Paleoclimate
- Spatial Evaluation of Saharan Paleoclimate
- Temporal Evaluation of the Aterian
- Spatial Analysis of Aterian Sites
- Fauna Associated with Aterian Sites
- Results
- Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Paleohydrology
- Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Aterian
- Fauna Associated with the Aterian
- Conclusions
- References
- 7 Climate, Environment, and Population Dynamics in Pleistocene Sahara
- Abstract
- Background
- The Study Area: Geologic and Physiographic Elements
- Climate and Paleoclimate
- Methods of Fieldwork in Desert Environments: Potentials and Limits
- Pleistocene Paleoenvironments in the SW Fezzan
- Landforms and Stratigraphic Contexts
- Environmental Changes Throughout the Pleistocene
- Pleistocene Human Occupation: Technological Framework and Regional Distribution
- Context and Technological Traits.
- Regional Synthesis
- Discussion
- Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 8 Technological Systems, Population Dynamics, and Historical Process in the MSA of Northern Africa
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The Middle Pleistocene MSA
- Geographic Patterns in Technological Systems
- The Northeast African Sangoan and Lupemban
- Other Northern Sangoan and Lupemban Occurrences
- The Maghreb
- The Sahara
- The Mediterranean
- Human Biogeography
- The Middle Stone Age During MIS 5
- Geographic Patterns in Technological Systems
- The Northeast African Nubian Complex
- The Nubian Complex in the South
- The Nubian Complex in the East
- The Nubian Complex in the West
- Human Biogeography
- The Last Interglacial
- The MIS 5d and 5b Stadials
- The MIS 5a Interstadial
- The Question of the Aterian
- The End of the MSA in Northeast Africa
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 9 Late Quaternary Environmental Change and Human Occupation of the Southern African Interior
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Climate and Environment of the Kalahari Basin
- Wetlands in a Dryland: The Importance of Hydrology to Interior Southern Africa
- Quaternary Environmental Dynamics in the Kalahari
- Kalahari Dune Archives
- Kalahari Lake Archives
- Populations and Paleoenvironmental Change in the Kalahari
- Regional Records
- Subcontinental Records
- Conclusion
- References
- 10 The Kalahari During MIS 6-2 (190-12 ka): Archaeology, Paleoenvironment, and Population Dynamics
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Overview of Archaeological Sites
- Early Stone Age
- Middle Stone Age
- White Paintings Shelter
- OSL Chronology
- MSA and Early LSA Interpretations in the Kalahari
- Paleoenvironment
- Population Dynamics: Ideas for Consideration
- Archaeological and MIS Boundaries
- Kalahari Archaeology and Evolutionary Genetics.
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 11 Paleoenvironments, Sea Levels, and Land Use in Namaqualand, South Africa, During MIS 6-2
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Current Landscape
- Paleoenvironments, Sea Levels, and Settlement
- Pre-MIS 6 ( greaterthan 191 ka)
- MIS 6 (191-130 ka)
- MIS 5 (130-71 ka)
- MIS 4 (71-57 ka)
- MIS 3 (57-29 ka)
- MIS 2 (29-14 ka)
- Synthesizing the Data: When Did People Occupy Namaqualand?
- Pre-MIS 6 ( greaterthan 191 ka)
- MIS 6 (191-130 ka)
- MIS 5 (130-71 ka)
- MIS 4 (71-57 ka)
- MIS 3 (57-29 ka)
- MIS 2 (29-14 ka)
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A
- References
- Part III Grasslands, Woodlands and Rainforests
- 12 Human Evolution in Late Quaternary Eastern Africa
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Eastern Africa: Habitat Mosaics and Biogeographical Context
- Prolonged Origins: Current Perspectives on the Chronology and Geography of Modern Human Evolution
- African Regionality: Targeting the Location of Human Origins
- The Evidence for Modern Human Evolution in East Africa
- Genetic Evidence
- Fossil Evidence
- Archaeological Evidence
- The Archaeology of East Africa 200
- 10 ka in the Context of the Rest of Africa
- The African Evolutionary Pattern in MIS 6-2
- MIS 9-7 and the Modern Human Evolutionary Context
- MIS 6
- the Evolution of the Modern Human Lineage
- MIS 5
- African Dispersals
- MIS 4-2
- Evolutionary Geography Models
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 13 Environmental Change, Ungulate Biogeography, and Their Implications for Early Human Dispersals in Equatorial East Africa
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Ungulate Biogeography
- The Fossil Record
- The Records from Rusinga and Mfangano Islands
- Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi)
- Oryx (Oryx beisa)
- White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
- Kob (Kobus kob) or Southern Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum).
- A Non-Analog Supercommunity
- Climatic and Tectonic Drivers
- Implications for Early Human Dispersals
- The Lake Victoria MSA
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 14 Follow the Senqu: Maloti-Drakensberg Paleoenvironments and Implications for Early Human Dispersals into Mountain Systems
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Modeling Pleistocene Exploitation of the Highlands
- The Site and Research Area
- Melikane
- Landscape, Climate and Vegetation
- Materials and Methods
- Phytoliths
- Sediment Organic Matter δ13C
- Charcoals
- Results
- MIS 5a
- MIS 4
- MIS 3
- MIS 2
- Discussion
- Regional Paleoenvironments and Population Flux
- Following the Senqu
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 15 Across Rainforests and Woodlands: A Systematic Reappraisal of the Lupemban Middle Stone Age in Central Africa
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The Early MSA in Central Africa, with Special Reference to the Lupemban
- A New Lupemban Site Database
- Geographical Distribution
- Site Integrity
- Radiometric Dates
- Paleoenvironmental Evidence
- Discussion and Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 16 The Later Pleistocene in the Northeastern Central African Rainforest
- Abstract
- Introduction: Does Genetic Reconstruction Provide an Alternative to the Archaeological Record in Equatorial Forests?
- Evidence for Climatic-Induced Environmental Changes in the Northeastern Central African Forest at the End of the Pleistocene
- Late Pleistocene Archaeological and Human Fossil Record of Northeastern DRC
- Quartz Industries of MSA and LSA Affinity
- Open-Air Sites in the Semliki Valley
- Quartz Microlithic Industries at the Rock Shelters of Matupi and the Ituri
- Quartz Microlithic Industries from Undated Sites
- Sites of Lupemban Affinity
- Sites Presenting Bifacial Technology, Pleistocene or Holocene.
- Sites of Uncertain Affiliation.
