干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Plant taphonomy, flora exploitation and palaeoenvironments at the Middle Stone Age site of Mwulu's Cave (Limpopo, South Africa): an archaeobotanical and mineralogical approach

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DOI	10.1007/s12520-020-01181-4
	Plant taphonomy, flora exploitation and palaeoenvironments at the Middle Stone Age site of Mwulu's Cave (Limpopo, South Africa): an archaeobotanical and mineralogical approach
	Esteban, Irene; Fitchett, Jennifer M.; de la Pena, Paloma
通讯作者	Esteban, I
来源期刊	ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	1866-9557
EISSN	1866-9565
出版年	2020
卷号	12 期号:9
英文摘要	The interior regions of South Africa have had less attention devoted to archaeological research than coastal regions, and palaeoenvironmental studies are also more limited. As such, little is known about the interaction between human behaviours and past environments in these semi-arid regions. Here, we present an archaeobotanical and mineralogical study from the Middle Stone Age site of Mwulu's Cave, Limpopo Province. Our study shows the importance of using taphonomical approaches prior to interpreting archaeobotanical assemblages, while provides with novel information on the plants used by ancient inhabitants of Mwulu's. The grass phytolith composition is of environmental significance, where a shift from C(4)Panicoideae to C(3)grasses is observed in the last occupation event. This tentatively suggests a shift in rainfall regime, from summer rainfall conditions to an increase in winter rain, during Marine Isotope Stage 5b in the Polokwane region, or a decrease in rainfall seasonality. Although we are unable to chronostratigraphically associate this change in the plant composition, our study adds evidence in support of previous propositions for an expansion of the winter rainfall zone into the interior regions of South Africa.
英文关键词	Cave deposits Palimpsests Preservation Phytoliths Pollen FTIR
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI ; AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000563648300001
WOS关键词	ORANGE-FREE-STATE ; LATE QUATERNARY ; WINTER-RAINFALL ; ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD ; PHYTOLITH ASSEMBLAGES ; VEGETATION HISTORY ; POLLEN ANALYSIS ; SEDIMENTS ; HOLOCENE ; REGION
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325874
作者单位	[Esteban, Irene; de la Pena, Paloma] Univ Witwatersrand, Evolutionary Studies Inst, Johannesburg, South Africa; [Esteban, Irene] Nelson Mandela Univ, African Ctr Coastal Palaeosci, Eastern Cape Port Elizab, South Africa; [Fitchett, Jennifer M.] Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Geog Archaeol & Environm Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Esteban, Irene,Fitchett, Jennifer M.,de la Pena, Paloma. Plant taphonomy, flora exploitation and palaeoenvironments at the Middle Stone Age site of Mwulu's Cave (Limpopo, South Africa): an archaeobotanical and mineralogical approach[J],2020,12(9).
APA	Esteban, Irene,Fitchett, Jennifer M.,&de la Pena, Paloma.(2020).Plant taphonomy, flora exploitation and palaeoenvironments at the Middle Stone Age site of Mwulu's Cave (Limpopo, South Africa): an archaeobotanical and mineralogical approach.ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,12(9).
MLA	Esteban, Irene,et al."Plant taphonomy, flora exploitation and palaeoenvironments at the Middle Stone Age site of Mwulu's Cave (Limpopo, South Africa): an archaeobotanical and mineralogical approach".ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES 12.9(2020).