title: Still Bay Point-Production Strategies at Hollow Rock Shelter and Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter and Knowledge-Transfer Systems in Southern Africa at about 80-70 Thousand Years Ago.
abstract: It has been suggested that technological variations associated with Still Bay assemblages of southern Africa have not been addressed adequately. Here we present a study developed to explore regional and temporal variations in Still Bay point-production strategies. We applied our approach in a regional context to compare the Still Bay point assemblages from Hollow Rock Shelter (Western Cape) and Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter (KwaZulu-Natal). Our interpretation of the point-production strategies implies inter-regional point-production conventions, but also highlights variability and intra-regional knapping strategies used for the production of Still Bay points. These strategies probably reflect flexibility in the organisation of knowledge-transfer systems at work during the later stages of the Middle Stone Age between about 80 ka and 70 ka in South Africa.
authors.affiliation: Linnaeus University, Faculty of Art and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences, Archaeology, Kalmar, Sweden.|Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa.|Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
authors.forename: Anders
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8747-4131
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Högberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa.|Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
authors.forename: Marlize
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lombard
mesh_terms: D000353:Africa, Southern; D001106:Archaeology; D003469:Culture; D005580:Fossils; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D013019:South Africa; D053001:Tool Use Behavior