The Middle to Later Stone Age transition at Panga ya Saidi, in the tropical coastal forest of eastern Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 153 ◽  
pp. 102954
Author(s):  
Ceri Shipton ◽  
James Blinkhorn ◽  
Will Archer ◽  
Nikolaos Kourampas ◽  
Patrick Roberts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Later Stone Age

LIGHT STABLE ISOTOPES OF OSTRICH EGGSHELLS PROVIDE SITE-SPECIFIC PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS DURING THE MIDDLE-TO-LATER STONE AGE TRANSITION IN EASTERN AFRICA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Niespolo ◽  
◽  
Warren D. Sharp ◽  
Warren D. Sharp ◽  
Christian A. Tryon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotopes ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Later Stone Age ◽  
Site Specific

scholarly journals Testing the Integrity of the Middle and Later Stone Age Cultural Taxonomic Division in Eastern Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Grove ◽  
James Blinkhorn
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Permutation Test ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Statistical Criterion ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Later Stone Age ◽  
Regression Procedure ◽  
Penalized Logistic Regression ◽  
Logistic Regression Procedure

AbstractThe long-standing debate concerning the integrity of the cultural taxonomies employed by archaeologists has recently been revived by renewed theoretical attention and the application of new methodological tools. The analyses presented here test the integrity of the cultural taxonomic division between Middle and Later Stone Age assemblages in eastern Africa using an extensive dataset of archaeological assemblages. Application of a penalized logistic regression procedure embedded within a permutation test allows for evaluation of the existing Middle and Later Stone Age division against numerous alternative divisions of the data. Results suggest that the existing division is valid based on any routinely employed statistical criterion, but that is not the single best division of the data. These results invite questions about what archaeologists seek to achieve via cultural taxonomy and about the analytical methods that should be employed when attempting revise existing nomenclature.

scholarly journals Trajectories of cultural innovation from the Middle to Later Stone Age in Eastern Africa: Personal ornaments, bone artifacts, and ocher from Panga ya Saidi, Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 141 ◽  
pp. 102737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco d’Errico ◽  
Africa Pitarch Martí ◽  
Ceri Shipton ◽  
Emma Le Vraux ◽  
Emmanuel Ndiema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Later Stone Age ◽  
Cultural Innovation
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