Browsing Research Articles (Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies) by Subject "Iron age"

Browsing Research Articles (Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies) by Subject "Iron age"

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  • Archaeological salt production at the Baleni Spring, Northeastern South Africa 
    Antonites, Alexander (South African Archaeological Society, 2013)
    Baleni is a mineral spring in the South African Lowveld where radiocarbon and ceramic evidence indicates a 2000-year salt-production record. Excavations have found that episodic production during this period closely ...
  • Coastal subsistence, maritime trade, and the colonization of small offshore islands in eastern African prehistory 
    Crowther, Alison; Faulkner, Patrick; Prendergast, Mary E.; Quintana Morales, Eréndira M.; Horton, Mark; Wilmsen, Edwin; Kotarba-Morley, Anna M.; Christie, Annalisa; Petek, Nik; Tibesasa, Ruth; Douka, Katerina; Picornell-Gelabert, Llorenç; Carah, Xavier; Boivin, Nicole (Routledge, 2016-06)
    Recent archaeological research has firmly established eastern Africa’s offshore islands as important localities for understanding the region’s pre-Swahili maritime adaptations and early Indian Ocean trade connections. While ...
  • A Tswana stone-walled structure near Sterkfontein caves in the Cradle of Humankind 
    Forssman, Tim; Lotter, Matt; Caruana, Matthew V.; Stratford, Dominic (South African Archaeological Society, 2020-12)
    The Cradle of Humankind is known for sites such as Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Drimolen and Kromdraai, among others, that offer a detailed understanding of the Plio-Pleistocene. However, the ‘Tswana’ stone-walled structures ...