13 research outputs found
A demographic perspective on the Middle to Later Stone Age transition from Nasera rockshelter, Tanzania
Ostrich eggshell bead diameter in the Holocene: Regional variation with the spread of herding in eastern and southern Africa
Sorption and Desorption of Arsenic by Soil Minerals and Soils in the Presence of Nutrients and Organics
A META-ANALYSIS OF WORK SAMPLE TEST VALIDITY: UPDATING AND INTEGRATING SOME CLASSIC LITERATURE
Faunal Assemblage Structure Suggests a Limited Impact of the Introduction of Domestic Stock on Later Stone Age Subsistence Economies in South Africa
Livestock remains appear in the South African archaeological record around 2100Â years ago. However, the economic importance of domestic animals in Later Stone Age subsistence is debated. This paper adopts an approach rooted in Optimal Foraging Theory to examine if the introduction of livestock is reflected in changing taxonomic diversity of faunal assemblages. Based on the analysis of a database of 300+ faunal assemblages, it is concluded that the economic importance of livestock during the final Later Stone Age of South Africa was relatively limited.Human Origin