Browsing Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion - AHKR by Journals "African Archaeological Review"
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The 100,000–77,000‑Year Old Middle Stone Age Micromammal Sequence from Blombos Cave, South Africa: Local Climatic Stability or a Tale of Predator Bias?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In this paper, we present a case study of the micromammal sequence from Marine Isotope Stage 5 (130,000–71,000 YBP) at Blombos Cave on the southern Cape coast of South Africa. Our analyses of the micromammal assemblage ... -
Early Christianity in East Africa and Red Sea/Indian Ocean Commerce
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-18)The ancient East African kingdom of Aksum gradually adopted Christianity from the early- to mid-fourth-century reign of Ezana onwards. The well-known narrative of the late Roman church-historian Rufinus relates a top-down ... -
The Meroitic empire: trade and cultural influences in an Indian ocean context
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)The Meroitic Empire was a powerful Kushite state in the Middle Nile region of the Sudan, lasting from the fourth century BCE to the fourth century CE. In the early phase from the ninth century BCE, the seat of power was ...