Dzombo Shelter : a contribution of the Later Stone Age sequence of the Greater Mapungubwe Landscape

dc.contributor.authorForssman, Tim
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-23T10:26:32Z
dc.date.available2015-02-23T10:26:32Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractOn the Greater Mapungubwe Landscape, Later Stone Age (LSA) research has been conducted mostly in South Africa, with limited studies in neighbouring Botswana and Zimbabwe, all part of the broader landscape. In an attempt to broaden our understanding of the regional sequence, a recent study in Botswana sought to integrate finds made here with those in South Africa. This paper presents the results from one excavation, conducted at Dzombo Shelter, and relates these to finds made elsewhere on the landscape. Of particular interest is the dominance of backed stone tools between AD 900 and 1000, a period in which scrapers usually dominate the formal component of LSA assemblages, and the infrequency of exchange goods even though the site is in close proximity to farmer homesteads. I argue here that due to the various outcomes from interactions with farmers, excavating a variety of site types is required in order to achieve a holistic understanding of forager cultural change.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipPalaeontological Scientific Trust, Scatterlings of Africa, NRF and Meyerstein Trust.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.archaeologysa.co.za/saab/en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationForssman, T 2014, 'Dzombo shelter : a contribution of the Later Stone Age sequence of the Greater Mapungubwe Landscape', South African Archaeological Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 200, pp. 182-191.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0038-1969
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/43771
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Archaeological Societyen_ZA
dc.rightsSouth African Archaeological Societyen_ZA
dc.subjectDzombo Shelteren_ZA
dc.subjectGreater Mapungubwe Landscapeen_ZA
dc.subjectLater Stone Age (LSA)en_ZA
dc.titleDzombo Shelter : a contribution of the Later Stone Age sequence of the Greater Mapungubwe Landscapeen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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