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" Middle Stone Age Technologies in Mozambique: "
Nuno Bicho, João Cascalheira, Jonathan Haws, et al.
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AL
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1069947
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LA113576
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10.1163/21915784-20180006
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English
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Célia Gonçalves
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João Cascalheira
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Jonathan Haws
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Nuno Bicho
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Middle Stone Age Technologies in Mozambique: [Article] : A Preliminary Study of the Niassa and Massingir Regions\ Nuno Bicho, João Cascalheira, Jonathan Haws, et al.
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Leiden: Brill
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Journal of African Archaeology
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2018
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16/1
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60–82
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Southeast Africa has become an important region for understanding the development of the Middle Stone Age (MSA) and Anatomically Modern Humans. Due to its location between east and southern Africa, Mozambique is a key region for evaluating the development of Homo sapiens and the MSA across Africa. Here, we present the first results of lithic analyses of MSA assemblages collected during survey and testing in the Niassa and Massingir regions of Mozambique in 2014-2016. We were able to locate close to 200 new Stone Age surface sites. Data show that raw material use is different in the two areas. The lithic assemblages from both areas show the use of centripetal technology, but in Massingir, Levallois points, the respective cores and blade technology are frequent, they are almost absent in the northern region. Southeast Africa has become an important region for understanding the development of the Middle Stone Age (MSA) and Anatomically Modern Humans. Due to its location between east and southern Africa, Mozambique is a key region for evaluating the development of Homo sapiens and the MSA across Africa. Here, we present the first results of lithic analyses of MSA assemblages collected during survey and testing in the Niassa and Massingir regions of Mozambique in 2014-2016. We were able to locate close to 200 new Stone Age surface sites. Data show that raw material use is different in the two areas. The lithic assemblages from both areas show the use of centripetal technology, but in Massingir, Levallois points, the respective cores and blade technology are frequent, they are almost absent in the northern region.
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lithic technology
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Mozambique
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southern Africa
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Stone Age
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10.1163/21915784-20180006
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