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	MOGAPELWA: ARCHAEOLOGY PALAEOENVIRONMENT AND ORAL TRADITIONS AT LAKE NGAMI, BOTSWANA
	Robbins, Lawrence H.; Campbell, Alec C.; Murphy, Michael L.; Brook, George A.; Mabuse, Abel A.; Hitchcock, Robert K.; Babutsi, Grace; Mmolawa, Mighty; Stewart, Kathlyn M.; Steele, Teresa E.; Klein, Richard G.; Appleton, Christopher C.
通讯作者	Robbins, LH (corresponding author), Michigan State Univ, Dept Anthropol, 354 Baker Hall, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA.
来源期刊	SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN
ISSN	0038-1969
出版年	2009
卷号	64 期号:189 页码:13-32
英文摘要	The Lake Ngami Basin is important for understanding the LSA record during the Holocene in the Kalahari. We provide an OSL and radiocarbon dated sequence that relates changing lake levels to the stratigraphy and archaeology of Mogapelwa 1. At intervals during the last 16 ka the site offered easy access to the resources of a flowing Nchabe River and all expanded Lake Ngami. From 6.4-3.3 ka, except for a brief interval of lower lake levels at c. 4.3 ka, Lake Ngami was a permanent, extensive water body with all elevation near 936 in, at least seasonally. At Mogapelwa this was the time of the main LSA occupation during what was the longest period of high lake levels of the Holocene. This little-known period at Lake Ngami is of great interest because it pre-dates the arrival of Bambata pottery and livestock. Artefacts are highlighted by microliths such as segments, distally backed points, double backed drills and small scrapers. Bone points similar to arrow points or link shafts used by Kalahari San were found us were ostrich egg shell beads including unique clusters of ochre-stained beads. A wild fauna is associated that includes animals found in the area at present, or historically. Fish remains include the first discovery of otoliths ('earstones') of cichlids from the region where the adaptive radiation of cichlids is thought to have occurred. Mollusc species indicate the long-term presence of hosts of bilharzia. The lake level dropped from 3.3-2.5 ka but rose to about 934 in in the period 2.5-1 ka, At c. 0.3-0.2 ka the lake level rose to historical levels of 930-929 in as observed by early Europeans who visited the region in the 1850s. Oral traditions reveal a recent history Of multi-ethnic use of the area by San, Bakgalagadi and other groups. The most recent archaeological deposits containing fish bones and remnants of a possible hut floor are discussed in relation to oral traditions and documentary evidence.
英文关键词	Lake Ngami Mogapelwa Holocene Palaeoenvironment Later Stone Age OSL dating ostrich eggshell bead clusters fish oral traditions
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000271549400003
WOS关键词	NORTHWEST KALAHARI DESERT ; SOUTHERN-AFRICA ; MIDDLE KALAHARI ; CHRONOLOGY ; TOTENG ; DEPRESSION ; LIVESTOCK ; HOLOCENE ; LEVEL ; BASIN
WOS类目	Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/360740
作者单位	[Robbins, Lawrence H.; Hitchcock, Robert K.] Michigan State Univ, Dept Anthropol, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA; [Murphy, Michael L.] Kalamazoo Valley Community Coll, Kalamazoo, MI 49003 USA; [Brook, George A.] Univ Georgia, Dept Geog, Athens, GA 30602 USA; [Mabuse, Abel A.; Babutsi, Grace; Mmolawa, Mighty] Natl Museum Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana; [Stewart, Kathlyn M.] Canadian Museum Nat, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada; [Steele, Teresa E.] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Anthropol, Davis, CA 95616 USA; [Klein, Richard G.] Stanford Univ, Program Human Biol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA; [Appleton, Christopher C.] Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Biol & Conservat Sci, Durban, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Robbins, Lawrence H.,Campbell, Alec C.,Murphy, Michael L.,et al. MOGAPELWA: ARCHAEOLOGY PALAEOENVIRONMENT AND ORAL TRADITIONS AT LAKE NGAMI, BOTSWANA[J],2009,64(189):13-32.
APA	Robbins, Lawrence H..,Campbell, Alec C..,Murphy, Michael L..,Brook, George A..,Mabuse, Abel A..,...&Appleton, Christopher C..(2009).MOGAPELWA: ARCHAEOLOGY PALAEOENVIRONMENT AND ORAL TRADITIONS AT LAKE NGAMI, BOTSWANA.SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN,64(189),13-32.
MLA	Robbins, Lawrence H.,et al."MOGAPELWA: ARCHAEOLOGY PALAEOENVIRONMENT AND ORAL TRADITIONS AT LAKE NGAMI, BOTSWANA".SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN 64.189(2009):13-32.