View Vol. 20 (2025): Southern African Field Archaeology

Fourth online volume of Southern African Field Archaeology.

Published: 2025-01-07

Peer-reviewed research report

Morphological and functional variability of the geometric microlithic backed tools from the late Holocene at Pomongwe Cave (Matobo, western Zimbabwe)

Precious Chiwara-Maenzanise , Ancila Nhamo, Guillaume Porraz
Abstract 355 | PDF Downloads 227
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Archaeological survey of the Modder River dongas, Free State, South Africa

Felipe Cuartero Monteagudo, Maïlys Richard, Lloyd Rossouw, Michael Toffolo
Abstract 434 | PDF Downloads 172 SOM Downloads 33
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Dune, outcrop, and pan sediments from the southern Kalahari Basin: A geoarchaeological case study from the Kgalagadi district, Botswana

Inez Faul, Taylor Grandfield, Dr Stefan Dreibrodt, Dr Sarah Mothulatshipi, Phillip Segadika, Dr Chris Green, Dr Marine Frouin, Dr Michaela Ecker
Abstract 354 | PDF Downloads 46 SOM 1 Downloads 16 SOM 2 Downloads 21
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Granite spalling as a proxy of climate change during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene at Pomongwe Cave, Matobo World Heritage Landscape

Thubelihle Rejoyce Mnkandla, Dr. Ancila Nhamo
Abstract 138 | PDF Downloads 84 SOM Downloads 17
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The stratigraphic context, chronology, and cultural sequence at Little Muck Shelter, southern Africa

Tim Forssman, Chante Barnard, Siphesihle Kuhlase, Stephan Woodborne, Sonja van Zyl
Abstract 119 | PDF Downloads 55
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The points from Primrose Ridge: A possible Still Bay workshop on the Gauteng Grassland of South Africa

Marlize Lombard, Matthew V. Caruana, Anders Högberg
Abstract 157 | PDF Downloads 107 SOM 1 Downloads 13 SOM 2 Downloads 14 SOM 3 Downloads 12
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A cave with agency: Ochre, blood and women at Keurbos 4

Emily-Jane Vowles, John Parkington
Abstract 145 | PDF Downloads 175
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Peer-reviewed critique/discussion

Unearthed potential: Reflecting on the past and shaping the future of Middle Stone Age research in Zimbabwe

Precious Chiwara-Maenzanise
Abstract 302 | PDF Downloads 42
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Non-peer-reviewed short note

Sheep before cattle: The ‘colonial’ enterprise in the expansion of herding throughout southern Africa

Andy Smith
Abstract 89 | PDF Downloads 69
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