essay
Later stone age people and their descendants in southern Africa
southern african prehistory and paleoenvironments • Rotterdam • Published In 1984 • Pages: 221-328, 361-395
By: Deacon, Janette.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Janette Deacon 'outline[s] the culture-stratigraphic sequence and the role of ethnographic and historical sources in the interpretation of the material culture of Later Stone Age [LSA] people…' (page 304). In this paper Deacon provides a synthesis of the LSA from approximately 40,000 BP. to the present. Only the material that relates to the approximate time period of Wilton (terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene or 12,000 to 8000 B.P. and Holocene to late Holocene or 8000 B.P. - circa 2000 B.P.) was indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) codes. Deacon's main interest is 'the nature and timing of both the first appearance of the LSA and its component parts and subsequent modifications…' (page 319).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Experimental data
- Fauna
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Wilton
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- circa 12,000 BP-2000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Africa; Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
- NotesAdditional notes
- Janette Deacon
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-395)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84238393
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- South Africa--Antiquities