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Mapping the stone age of Mozambique

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dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Célia
dc.contributor.authorRaja, Mussa
dc.contributor.authorMadime, Omar
dc.contributor.authorCascalheira, João
dc.contributor.authorHaws, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorMatos, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorBicho, Nuno Gonçalo Viana Pereira Ferreira
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-07T15:57:01Z
dc.date.available2017-04-07T15:57:01Z
dc.date.issued2016-07
dc.description.abstractUnder the auspices of the Portuguese colonial government, Lereno Barradas and Santos Junior (coordinator of the Anthropological Mission of Mozambique) carried out several archaeological field surveys from 1936 to 1956 that resulted in a data set that includes a total of close to 90 sites, mostly attributed to the Stone Age. This early research added to the previous work of Van Riet Lowe in the Limpopo Valley of southern Mozambique. With the new millennium, Mozambique has emerged as a crucial geographic area in which to understand the various hypotheses about recent human evolution. Specifically, its coastal location between southern and eastern Africa is ideal for testing ideas about the link between early coastal adaptations and the appearance of anatomically modern humans (AMH). Except for the recent work by Mercader's team in northern Mozambique, the number of researchers and projects on this topic in Mozambique is still limited because of the general predominance of interest in later periods among archaeologists working in the country, mainly due to their focus on issues related to precolonial heritage and national identity. Based on the early maps from Santos Junior and more recent data acquired through various projects, we present a series of maps for the Stone Age prehistory of Mozambique. The maps are also based on a critical evaluation of the sites and a review of some of the materials that are presently curated at the Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica e Tropical (IICT) in Lisbon, Portugal, as well as the materials stored at the Department of Archaeology of Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo. The sites are also presented in an online database with the information on all sites used in this study. This database is open to all and will be updated continuously. A preliminary interpretation of the regional distribution of the sites is also attempted, linking aspects that include region, topography and altitude, geomorphology, and cultural phase. These results will be the first step for research and knowledge in Mozambique on Stone Age prehistory and the emergence and settlement pattern of AMH.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10437-016-9212-4
dc.identifier.issn0263-0338
dc.identifier.otherAUT: NBI00964;
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/9590
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag
dc.relationMiddle Stone Age archaeology and the origins of modern humans in southern Mozambique
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dc.subjectStone age
dc.subjectMozambique
dc.subjectSouthern Africa
dc.subjectGIS
dc.titleMapping the stone age of Mozambique
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleMiddle Stone Age archaeology and the origins of modern humans in southern Mozambique
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oaire.citation.titleAfrican Archaeological Review
oaire.citation.volume33
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