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Archaeological survey of the Modder River dongas, Free State, South Africa

hal.structure.identifierCentro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana [CENIEH]
hal.structure.identifierUniversidad de Alcalá [Alcalá de Henares, España] = University of Alcalá [Alcalá de Henares, Spain] = Université d'Alcalá [Alcalá de Henares, Espagne] [UAH]
dc.contributor.authorCUARTERO MONTEAGUDO, Felipe
hal.structure.identifierArchéosciences Bordeaux
hal.structure.identifierEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen = University of Tübingen
dc.contributor.authorRICHARD, Maïlys
hal.structure.identifierNational Museum, Bloemfontein
dc.contributor.authorROSSOUW, Lloyd
hal.structure.identifierArchéosciences Bordeaux
hal.structure.identifierUniversity of the Free State [South Africa] [UFS]
dc.contributor.authorTOFFOLO, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-03T02:00:45Z
dc.date.available2025-06-03T02:00:45Z
dc.date.issued2025-05-29
dc.identifier.issn1019-5785
dc.identifier.urihttps://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/206806
dc.description.abstractEnThe semi-arid grasslands of the Free State Province of South Africa have produced the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens in the subcontinent, together with an extensive Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental record based on fossil assemblages. However, the known Middle Stone Age (MSA) archaeological sites in the Free State are limited to a few major localities that cannot be integrated into a unitary narrative, thus hindering our understanding of human cultural evolution in the central interior of South Africa. Here we report the results of a survey of the dongas of the Modder River aimed at documenting new localities embedded within its alluvial terraces. We identified 43 previously unknown archaeological areas spanning the Late Pleistocene to Holocene based on the regional chronology, of which the majority are MSA sites. Four of the latter include artefacts in situ and thus hold potential for excavation and absolute dating by trapped-charge methods. The occurrence of a specific lithic type at six sites along the course of the river highlights a pattern in the occupation of the region during Marine Isotope Stage 5, which confirms the importance of the grasslands of the central interior for the characterisation of the spatiotemporal distribution of human groups in the open landscape during the MSA.
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
dc.subject.enPleistocene South Africa Modder River Middle Stone Age Later Stone Age
dc.subject.enPleistocene
dc.subject.enSouth Africa
dc.subject.enModder River
dc.subject.enMiddle Stone Age
dc.subject.enLater Stone Age
dc.title.enArchaeological survey of the Modder River dongas, Free State, South Africa
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.36615/safa.20.3540.2025
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Archéologie et Préhistoire
bordeaux.journalSouthern African Field Archaeology
bordeaux.page1-26
bordeaux.volume20
bordeaux.hal.laboratoriesArchéosciences Bordeaux - UMR 6034*
bordeaux.institutionUniversité de Bordeaux
bordeaux.institutionUniversité Bordeaux Montaigne
bordeaux.institutionCNRS
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-05090400
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-05090400v1
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