Blar i Faculty of Humanities på forfatter "Haaland, Magnus Mathisen"
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Documenting archaeological thin sections in high-resolution: A comparison of methods and discussion of applications
Haaland, Magnus Mathisen; Czechowski, Matthias; Carpentier, Frank; Lejay, Mathieu; Vandermeulen, Bruno (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01)Optical thin section observations represent the core empirical basis for most micromorphological interpretations at archaeological sites. These observations, which often vary in size and shape, are usually documented through ... -
Geoarchaeological investigation of occupation deposits in Blombos Cave in South Africa indicate changes in site use and settlement dynamics in the southern Cape during MIS 5b-4
Haaland, Magnus Mathisen; Miller, Christopher E.; Unhammer, Ole Fredrik; Reynard, Jerome P.; Van Niekerk, Karen Loise; Ligouis, Bertrand; Mentzer, Susan M; Henshilwood, Christopher (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The archaeological assemblage recovered from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) levels in Blombos Cave, South Africa, is central to our understanding of the development of early modern humans. Here, we demonstrate that the cultural ... -
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
Haaland, Magnus Mathisen; Friesem, David; Miller, Christopher; Henshilwood, Christopher (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, ... -
Hidden in plain sight: A microanalytical study of a Middle Stone Age ochre piece trapped inside a micromorphological block sample
Haaland, Magnus Mathisen; Strauss, André M.; Velliky, Elizabeth; Mentzer, Susan M; Miller, Christopher E.; Van Niekerk, Karen Loise; Henshilwood, Christopher (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)A complete Middle Stone Age ochre piece was unintentionally collected and fully preserved within a micromorphological block sample intended to characterise a 74 ± 3 ka occupation horizon at Blombos Cave, South Africa. ... -
Klipdrift Shelter, southern Cape, South Africa: preliminary report on the Howiesons Poort layers
Henshilwood, Christopher; Van Niekerk, Karen Loise; Wurz, Sarah Jacoba Deborah; Delagnes, Anne; Armitage, Simon; Rifkin, Riaan; Douze, Katja; Keene, Petro; Haaland, Magnus Mathisen; Reynard, Jerome; Discamps, Emmanuel; Mienies, Samantha (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 ... -
Pilot fires: Preliminary Report from Interdisciplinary Actualistic Fire Experiments
Bentsen, Silje Evjenth; Haaland, Magnus Mathisen; Milic, Jovana; Nel, Turid Hillestad; Unhammer, Ole Fredrik; Velliky, Elizabeth Catherine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Hearth formation processes are complex. They involve multiple actions, reactions, and activities before, during, and after an active fire and can also impact a wide range of materials and sediments at an archaeological ...