Functional insights into the innovative Early Howiesons Poort technology at Diepkloof Rock Shelter (Western Cape, South Africa)

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 3475-3491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Igreja ◽  
Guillaume Porraz
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Rock Shelter

Geoarchaeological investigations at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 3432-3452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher E. Miller ◽  
Paul Goldberg ◽  
Francesco Berna
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Rock Shelter

Robberg Material Procurement and Transport in the Doring River Catchment: Evidence from the Open-Air Locality of Uitspankraal 9, Western Cape, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-228
Author(s):  
Sara Watson ◽  
Marika Low ◽  
Natasha Phillips ◽  
Corey O’Driscoll ◽  
Matthew Shaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
Stone Artifacts ◽  
Terminus Post Quem ◽  
River Region ◽  
Material Procurement

Abstract Decisions related to the production of lithic technology involve landscape-scale patterns of resource acquisition and transport that are not observable in assemblages from any one single site. In this study, we describe the stone artifacts from a discrete cluster of stone artifacts assigned to the Robberg technocomplex (22-16 ka) at the open-air locality of Uitspankraal 9 (UPK9), which is located near two major sources of toolstone in the Doring River catchment of Western Cape, South Africa. OSL dating of the underlying sediment unit provides a terminus post quem age of 27.5 ± 2.1 ka for the assemblage. Comparison of near-source artifact reduction at UPK9 with data from three rock shelter assemblages within the Doring watershed – Putslaagte 8 (PL8), Klipfonteinrand Rock Shelter (KFR), and Mertenhof Rock Shelter (MRS) – suggests that “gearing-up” with cores and blanks occurred along the river in anticipation of transport into the wider catchment area. The results reveal an integrated system of technological supply in which raw materials from different sources were acquired, reduced, and transported in different ways throughout the Doring River region.

Introduction to the project and excavation of Diepkloof Rock Shelter (Western Cape, South Africa): a view on the Middle Stone Age

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 3369-3375 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.E. Parkington ◽  
J.-Ph. Rigaud ◽  
C. Poggenpoel ◽  
G. Porraz ◽  
P.-J. Texier
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Middle Stone Age ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Rock Shelter

The Middle Stone Age human remains from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (Western Cape, South Africa)

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 3532-3541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Verna ◽  
Pierre-Jean Texier ◽  
Jean-Philippe Rigaud ◽  
Cedric Poggenpoel ◽  
John Parkington
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Middle Stone Age ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Rock Shelter

Technological successions in the Middle Stone Age sequence of Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 3376-3400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Porraz ◽  
Pierre-Jean Texier ◽  
Will Archer ◽  
Michel Piboule ◽  
Jean-Philippe Rigaud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Middle Stone Age ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
Age Sequence
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