The earlier cultures : middle and earlier Stone Age

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The earlier cultures : middle and earlier Stone Age

J. Desmond Clark ; assisted by Julie Cormack and Susan Chin ; with contributions by M.R. Kleindienst ... [et al.]

(Kalambo Falls prehistoric site / [edited by] J.D. Clark ; with contributions by G.H. Cole ... [et al.], 3)

Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 682-689) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The local basin in the Kalambo River valley above the famous Falls on the boundary between Zambia and Tanzania provides one of the longest and richest records of man's activity so far recovered from a single site in the African continent. Successive human occupation levels and horizons cover the last 60,000 years from the close of the Acheulian Industrial Complex to the present day. The site is unique in that, besides very rich and representative series of cultural finds, wood, other vegetable remains, charcoals, and pollens have been preserved, often in association with undisturbed, prehistoric camping places. The final volume of this major site report, which deals with the Middle and Earlier Stone Age period completes the project, initiated with the publication of Volume I (1969) on the geology, palaeoecology and detailed stratigraphy of the excavations, and Volume II (1974) on the later Prehistoric Cultures.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • History of research
  • Geology and sedimentation
  • Chronology J. D. Clark
  • 2. The Stone Age cultural sequence: terminology, typology and raw material J. D. Clark and M. R. Kleindienst
  • 3. A re-analysis and interpretation of palynological data from Kalambo Falls Prehistoric Site David Taylor, Robert Marchant and Alan Hamilton
  • 4. The archaeology from the Mbwilo member, sands and rubble: the Siszya and Nakisasa industries of the Lupemban industrial complex J. D. Clark
  • 5. The archaeology from the Mkamba member, ochreous sands bed. The Chipeta industry of the Sangoan industrial complex J. D. Clark
  • 6. The Bwalya industry of the Acheulean industrial complex. Aggregates from the white sands and dark clay beds of the Mkamba member: Inuga phase (Final Acheulean) and Moola phase (Upper Acheulean) J. D. Clark
  • 7. An examination of Kalambo Falls Acheulean site (B5) from a geoarchaeological perspective Kathy D. Schick
  • 8. Modified, used and other wood specimens from Acheulean horizons J. D. Clark
  • 9. The Kalambo Falls large cutting tools: A comparative metrical and statistical analysis Derek A. Roe
  • 10. Experiments in quarrying large flakes at Kalambo Falls I Nicholas Toth
  • 11. A modern knapper's assessment of the technical skills of the late Acheulean biface workers at Kalambo Falls Stephen W. Edwards
  • 12. An allometric comparison of Sangoan core-axes and Acheulean handaxes from Kalambo Falls John A. G. Gowlett
  • 13. An overview of archaeological culture and context at Kalambo Falls J. D. Clark
  • 14. A view of the Kalambo Falls Early and Middle Stone Age assemblages in the context of the old world Palaeolithic Derek A. Roe
  • Appendix A. Plant foods in African prehistory J. D. Clark
  • Appendix B. Geography and Kalambo Falls clays J. D. Clark
  • Appendix C. Carbowax and other materials in the treatment of water-logged Paleolithic wood R. M. Organ
  • Appendix D. Curtis McKinney
  • Appendix E. The Kalambo Falls flakes and fragments study of a sample of Acheulean flakes and fragments from site A4 1963 river face extension at Kalambo Falls.

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  • NCID
    BA54776158
  • ISBN
    • 0521200717
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, 701 p., [54] p. of plates, [10] folded leaves of plates
  • Size
    29 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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