Browsing Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and the History of Religions by Subject "Middle Stone Age"
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Assessing the photoprotective effects of red ochre on human skin by in vitro laboratory experiments
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-27)Archaeological indicators of cognitive complexity become increasingly prevalent during the African Middle Stone Age, with the habitual exploitation of red ochre widely viewed as a key feature of the emergence of modern ... -
Heat-induced alteration of glauconitic minerals in the Middle Stone Age levels of Blombos Cave, South Africa: Implications for evaluating site structure and burning events
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10)In this paper we conduct geochemical and colourimetric measurements of glauconite grains in micromorphological thin sections from the Middle Stone Age site of Blombos Cave, South Africa, to investigate the formation, ... -
Klipdrift Shelter, southern Cape, South Africa: preliminary report on the Howiesons Poort layers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Surveys for archaeological sites in the De Hoop Nature Reserve, southern Cape, South Africa resulted in the discovery of a cave complex comprising two locations, Klipdrift Cave and Klipdrift Shelter. Excavations commenced ... -
Preliminary analysis of the Howiesons Poort lithics at Klipdrift Shelter: A chaîne opératoire approach
(Master thesis, 2012-07-03)I denne avhandlingen tar jeg for meg steinredskapene og avslagsmaterialet fra ett utvalgt stratigrafisk lag ved Klipdrift Shelter, Sør-Afrika. Jeg har benyttet meg av en chaîne opératoire metode for å best mulig dokumentere ...