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

Fourth online volume of Southern African Field Archaeology.

Published: 2025-01-07

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Peer-reviewed research report

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

Felipe Cuartero Monteagudo, Maïlys Richard, Lloyd Rossouw, Michael Toffolo
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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
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A cave with agency: Ochre, blood and women at Keurbos 4

Emily-Jane Vowles, John Parkington
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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
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Mapping and excavation of the Plaatberg Mission Precinct, Free State, South Africa

Amanda Esterhuysen, Tamsin Hunt
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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
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Peer-reviewed concise comparative study, synthesis, or overview

Arthropod presence and their relevance in South African archaeological deposits

Michelle Mouton, Dr. Annie R Antonites, Tharina L Bird, James du G. Harrison
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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
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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
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