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Hunter-gatherer environments at the Late Pleistocene sites of Mwanganda's Village and Bruce, northern Malawi

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dc.contributor.authorSchilt, Flora
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Christopher E.
dc.contributor.authorWright, David K.
dc.contributor.authorMentzer, Susan M.
dc.contributor.authorMercader, Julio
dc.contributor.authorMoss, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorChoi, Jeong-Heon
dc.contributor.authorSiljedal, Gunnar
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Siobhán
dc.contributor.authorMwambwiga, Aloyce
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorBarbieri, Alvise
dc.contributor.authorKaliba, Potiphar
dc.contributor.authorGomani-Chindebvu, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Jessica C.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-11T14:22:01Z
dc.date.available2023-01-11T14:22:01Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractMwanganda's Village (MGD) and Bruce (BRU) are two open-air site complexes in northern Malawi with deposits dating to between 15 and 58 thousand years ago (ka) and containing Middle Stone Age (MSA) lithic assemblages. The sites have been known since 1966 and 1965, respectively, but lacked chronometric and site formation data necessary for their interpretation. The area hosts a rich stone artifact record, eroding from and found within alluvial fan deposits exhibiting poor preservation of organic materials. Although this generally limits opportunities for site-based environmental reconstructions, MGD and BRU are located at the distal margins of the alluvial fan, where lacustrine lagoonal deposits were overprinted by a calcrete paleosol. This has created locally improved organic preservation and allowed us to obtain ecological data from pollen, phytoliths, and pedogenic carbonates, producing a regional-to site-scale environmental context for periods of site use and abandonment. Here, we integrate the ecological data into a detailed site formation history, based on field observations and micromorphology, supplemented by cathodoluminescence microscopy and mu-XRF. By comparing local, on-site environmental proxies with more regional indicators, we can better evaluate how MSA hunter-gatherers made decisions about the use of resources across the landscape. Our data indicate that while tree cover similar to modern miombo woodland and evergreen gallery forest prevailed at most times, MSA hunter-gatherers chose more locally open environments for activities that resulted in a lithic artifact record at multiple locations between 51 and 15 ka.(C) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107638pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1873-457X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18797
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherPergamon - Elsevierpt_PT
dc.relationInterdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectKarongapt_PT
dc.subjectGeoarchaeologypt_PT
dc.subjectPaleoecologypt_PT
dc.subjectMicromorphologypt_PT
dc.subjectPedogenic carbonatespt_PT
dc.subjectMiddle Stone Agept_PT
dc.subjectStable carbon and oxygen isotopespt_PT
dc.subjectPhytolithspt_PT
dc.subjectPollenpt_PT
dc.subjectLateritept_PT
dc.titleHunter-gatherer environments at the Late Pleistocene sites of Mwanganda's Village and Bruce, northern Malawipt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDP%2F04211%2F2020/PT
oaire.citation.startPage107638pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleQuaternary Science Reviewspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume292pt_PT
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person.familyNameSchilt
person.familyNameBarbieri
person.givenNameFlora Cecilia
person.givenNameAlvise
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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