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DOI	10.1007/s10437-014-9167-2
	Catchment Survey in the Karonga District: a Landscape-Scale Analysis of Provisioning and Core Reduction Strategies During the Middle Stone Age of Northern Malawi
	Thompson, Jessica C.; Mackay, Alex; de Moor, Victor; Gomani-Chindebvu, Elizabeth
通讯作者	Thompson, JC (corresponding author), Univ Queensland, Sch Social Sci Archaeol Program, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
来源期刊	AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW
ISSN	0263-0338
EISSN	1572-9842
出版年	2014
卷号	31 期号:3 页码:447-478
英文摘要	The landscape of northern Malawi is defined by several river catchments that drain from the highlands in the west into Lake Malawi in the east. Many thousands of Middle Stone Age (MSA) artefacts are present on the surface, in particular, in areas where sedimentary units assigned to the Chitimwe Beds are exposed. The unique configuration of the region and its exposures makes it possible to address landscape-scale questions about MSA behaviour that augment information derived from excavated assemblages. In this study, data are derived from initial results of surveys conducted in 2012 which focussed on how lithic raw materials (in the form of cobbles) and core technology (in the form of mapped and analysed cores) are distributed across the landscape relative to different landforms, geologies and one another. These data are used to examine if differences in core reduction technology occur in different catchment areas with different raw material quantities and qualities, and to test hypotheses about lithic provisioning scenarios. This allows for examination of core reduction technologies in relation to raw material sources via surface finds, on a larger regional scale than is usually possible from excavations. Different catchments show differences in the type and quality of the raw material, with higher-quality quartzites occurring in the North Rukuru catchment and declining to the south. This is reflected in the types of materials that MSA people chose to use for the production of stone tools. However, differences in raw material selection and distance from cobbles did not influence preferred core reduction strategies, and most cores cluster together near cobble sources. This suggests that throughout the MSA in the study area, core reduction strategies were highly conserved even while raw material use remained flexible, and cores were not regularly transported as part of a provisioning strategy.
英文关键词	Middle Stone Age Malawi Survey Lithic core analysis Landscape Lithic raw materials
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000343177800004
WOS关键词	SURFACE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD ; ELEPHANT BUTCHERY SITE ; NEW-SOUTH-WALES ; KAPTHURIN FORMATION ; LITHIC TECHNOLOGY ; GEOMORPHIC CONTROLS ; MWANGANDAS VILLAGE ; HUMAN-BEHAVIOR ; HIGH DESERT ; LAND-USE
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/361359
作者单位	[Thompson, Jessica C.] Univ Queensland, Sch Social Sci Archaeol Program, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia; [Mackay, Alex] Univ Wollongong, Ctr Archaeol Sci, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia; [de Moor, Victor] African Heritage Ltd Res Consultancy, Zomba, Malawi; [Gomani-Chindebvu, Elizabeth] Malawi Dept Culture, Lilongwe 3, Malawi
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thompson, Jessica C.,Mackay, Alex,de Moor, Victor,et al. Catchment Survey in the Karonga District: a Landscape-Scale Analysis of Provisioning and Core Reduction Strategies During the Middle Stone Age of Northern Malawi[J],2014,31(3):447-478.
APA	Thompson, Jessica C.,Mackay, Alex,de Moor, Victor,&Gomani-Chindebvu, Elizabeth.(2014).Catchment Survey in the Karonga District: a Landscape-Scale Analysis of Provisioning and Core Reduction Strategies During the Middle Stone Age of Northern Malawi.AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW,31(3),447-478.
MLA	Thompson, Jessica C.,et al."Catchment Survey in the Karonga District: a Landscape-Scale Analysis of Provisioning and Core Reduction Strategies During the Middle Stone Age of Northern Malawi".AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW 31.3(2014):447-478.