Size matters: Preliminary results from an experimental approach to interpret Middle Stone Age hearths

Quaternary International

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-102

  Bentsen, Silje Evjenth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; MESOLITHIC;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SIBUDU CAVE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84864310136     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Alperson-Afil N., Goren-Inbar N. The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov. Ancient Flames and Controlled Use of Fire 2010, vol. II. Springer, Dordrecht.
2. Alperson-Afil N., Richter D., Goren-Inbar N. Phantom hearths and the use of fire at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel. PaleoAnthro 2007, 2007:1-15.
3. Bellomo R.V. A methodological approach for identifying archaeological evidence of fire resulting from human activities. Journal of Archaeological Science 1993, 20:525-553.
4. Bellomo R.V., Harris J.W.K. Preliminary report of actualistic studies of fire within Virunga National Park, Zaire: towards an understanding of archaeological occurrences. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir 1 1990, 317-338. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville. N.T. Boaz (Ed.).
5. Butzer K.W., Beaumont P.B., Vogel J.C. Lithostratigraphy of Border Cave, KwaZulu, South Africa: a Middle Stone Age sequence beginning c. 195,000 B.P. Journal of Archaeological Science 1978, 5:317-341.
6. Canti M.G., Linford N.T. The effects of fire on archaeological soils and sediments: temperature and colour relationships. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 2000, 66:385-395.
7. Courty M.A., Goldberg P., Macphail R.I. Soils and Micromorphology in Archaeology 1989, University Press, Cambridge.
8. Deacon H.J. Two Late Pleistocene-Holocene archaeological depositories from the Southern Cape, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 1995, 50:121-131.
9. Goldberg P., Miller C.E., Schiegl S., Ligouis B., Berna F., Conard N.J., Wadley L. Bedding, hearths, and site maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 2009, 1:95-122.
10. Henderson Z. The context of some Middle Stone Age hearths at Klasies River Shelter 1B: implications for understanding human behaviour. South African Field Archaeology 1992, 1:14-26.
11. Henshilwood C.S., Sealy J.S., Yates R., Cruz-Uribe K., Goldberg P., Grine F.E., Klein R.G., Poggenpoel C., Van Niekerk K., Watts I. Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa: preliminary report on the 1992-1999 excavations of the Middle Stone Age levels. Journal of Archaeological Science 2001, 28:421-428.
12. Jacobs Z., Wintle A.G., Duller G.A.T., Roberts R.G., Wadley L. New ages for the post-Howieson's Poort, late and final Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 2008, 35:1790-1807.
13. Jacobs Z., Roberts R.G., Galbraith R.F., Deacon H.J., Grün R., Mackay A., Mitchell P., Vogelsang R., Wadley L. Ages for the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa: implications for human behavior and dispersal. Science 2008, 322:733-735.
14. Karkanas P., Koumouzelis M., Kozlowksi J.K., Sitlivy V., Sobczyk K., Berna F., Weiner S. Aurignacian clay hearth structures in Kleisoura cave 1, southern Greece: the earliest evidence of clay use. Antiquity 2004, 78:513-525.
15. Klein R.G., Avery G., Cruz-Uribe K., Halkett D., Parkington J.E., Steele T., Volman T.P., Yates R. The Ysterfontein 1 Middle Stone Age site, South Africa, and early human exploitation of coastal resources. Proceedings, National Academy of Sciences, USA 2004, 101:5708-5715.
16. Leroi-Gourhan A., Brézillion M. Fouilles de Pincevent: Essai d'Analyse Ethnographique d'un Habitat Magdalénien (la Section 36). VIIe supplement à Gallia Préhistoire 1972, èditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
17. Mallol C., Marlowe F.W., Wood B.M., Porter C.C. Earth, wind, and fire: ethnoarchaeological signals of Hadza fires. Journal of Archaeological Science 2007, 34:2035-2052.
18. Marean C.W., Goldberg P., Avery G., Grine F.E., Klein R.G. Middle Stone Age stratigraphy and excavations at Die Kelders Cave 1 (Western Cape Province, South Africa): the 1992, 1993, and 1995 field seasons. Journal of Human Evolution 2000, 38:7-42.
19. Marean C.W., Bar-Matthews M., Fisher E., Goldberg P., Herries A., Karkanas P., Nilssen P.J., Thompson E. The stratigraphy of the Middle Stone Age sediments at Pinnacle Point Cave 13B (Mossel Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa). Journal of Human Evolution 2010, 59:234-255.
20. Miller C.E., Conard N.J., Goldberg P., Berna F. Dumping, sweeping and trampling: experimental micromorphological analysis of anthropogenically modified combustion features. P@lethnologie 2010, 2:25-37.
21. Opperman H., Heydenrych B. A 22 000 year-old Middle Stone Age camp site with plant food remains from the North-Eastern Cape. South African Archaeological Bulletin 1990, 45:93-99.
22. Rigaud J.-P., Simek J.F., Gé T. Mousterian fires from Grotte XVI (Dordogne, France). Antiquity 1995, 69:902-912.
23. Schiegl S., Goldberg P., Bar-Yosef O., Weiner S. Ash deposits in Hayonim and Kebara Caves, Israel: macroscopic, microscopic and mineralogical observations, and their archaeological implications. Journal of Archaeological Science 1996, 23:763-781.
24. Schiegl S., Goldberg P., Pfretzschner H.-U., Conard N.J. Paleolithic burnt bone horizons from the Swabian Jura: distinguishing between in situ fireplaces and dumping areas. Geoarchaeology 2003, 18:541-565.
25. Wadley L. Partners in grime: results of multi-disciplinary archaeology at Sibudu Cave. Southern African Humanities 2006, 18:315-341.
26. Wadley L. Cemented ash as a receptacle or work surface for ochre powder production at Sibudu, South Africa, 58,000 years ago. Journal of Archaeological Science 2010, 37:2397-2406.
27. Wadley, L., in press. Some combustion features at Sibudu, South Africa, between 65,000 and 58,000 years ago. Quaternary International. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.026.
28. Wadley L., Jacobs Z. Sibudu Cave: background to the excavations, stratigraphy and dating. Southern African Humanities 2006, 18:1-26.