Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Carr, Andrew S.
• Chase, Brian M.
• Birkinshaw, Stephen J.
• Holmes, Peter J.
• Rabumbulu, Mulalo
• Stewart, Brian A.

Titel

Palaeo-landscapes and hydrology in the South African interior: Implications for human history

Ist Teil von

• South African Journal of Science, 2024-03, Vol.120 (3/4), p.1-4

Ort / Verlag

Pretoria: Academy of Science of South Africa

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Recent research reveals that the arid western interior of South Africa has experienced substantially more humid conditions on several occasions during the last 70 000 years. These findings, likely regional in scope, speak to changes to the resource base available to prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Together with recent archaeological findings from this region, there has emerged a growing recognition that previously archaeologically overlooked areas of South Africa's arid interior need to be included in models of human history. This presents new challenges for archaeologists and palaeoclimatologists, particularly given the prevalence of surficial, rather than stratified, archaeological evidence throughout much of this region.