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DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0241068
	Nubian Levallois reduction strategies in the Tankwa Karoo, South Africa
	Hallinan, Emily; Shaw, Matthew
通讯作者	Hallinan, E (corresponding author), Univ Algarve, Interdisciplinary Ctr Archaeol & Human Behav, Faro, Portugal. ; Hallinan, E (corresponding author), Univ Cambridge, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Cambridge, England.
来源期刊	PLOS ONE
ISSN	1932-6203
出版年	2020
卷号	15 期号:10
英文摘要	The Middle Stone Age record in southern Africa is recognising increasing diversity in lithic technologies as research expands beyond the coastal-montane zone. New research in the arid Tankwa Karoo region of the South African interior has revealed a rich surface artefact record including a novel method of point production, recognised as Nubian Levallois technology in Late Pleistocene North Africa, Arabia and the Levant. We analyse 121 Nubian cores and associated points from the surface site Tweefontein against the strict criteria which are used to define Nubian technology elsewhere. The co-occurrence of typically post-Howiesons Poort unifacial points suggests an MIS 3 age. We propose that the occurrence of this distinctive technology at numerous localities in the Tankwa Karoo region reflects an environment-specific adaptation in line with technological regionalisation seen more widely in MIS 3. The arid setting of these assemblages in the Tankwa Karoo compares with the desert context of Nubian technology globally, consistent with convergent evolution in our case. The South African evidence contributes an alternative perspective on Nubian technology removed from the 'dispersal' or 'diffusion' scenarios of the debate surrounding its origin and spread within and out of Africa.
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000586647200046
WOS关键词	MIDDLE STONE-AGE ; POST-HOWIESONS POORT ; LATE PLEISTOCENE ARCHAEOLOGY ; EASTERN LIBYAN PLATEAU ; ROCK-VARNISH ; WESTERN CAPE ; LITHIC TECHNOLOGY ; DESERT PAVEMENTS ; NILE CORRIDOR ; DORING RIVER
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/349116
作者单位	[Hallinan, Emily] Univ Algarve, Interdisciplinary Ctr Archaeol & Human Behav, Faro, Portugal; [Hallinan, Emily] Univ Cambridge, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Cambridge, England; [Shaw, Matthew] Univ Wollongong, Sch Earth Atmospher & Life Sci, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hallinan, Emily,Shaw, Matthew. Nubian Levallois reduction strategies in the Tankwa Karoo, South Africa[J],2020,15(10).
APA	Hallinan, Emily,&Shaw, Matthew.(2020).Nubian Levallois reduction strategies in the Tankwa Karoo, South Africa.PLOS ONE,15(10).
MLA	Hallinan, Emily,et al."Nubian Levallois reduction strategies in the Tankwa Karoo, South Africa".PLOS ONE 15.10(2020).