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.
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2002
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- circa 12,000 BP-2000 BP
- Coverage Place
- southern Africa; Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Notes
- Janette Deacon
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-395)
- LCCN
- 84238393
- LCSH
- South Africa--Antiquities