The Howiesons Poort lithic sequence of Klipdrift Shelter, southern Cape, South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Howiesons Poort (HP) sites, over the past decades, have provided exceptional access to anthropogenic remains that are enhancing our understanding of early modern human behaviour during the Middle Stone Age in southern Africa. Here, we analyse the technological and typological trends in the lithic record that form part of these behaviours, based on the HP sequence recently excavated at Klipdrift Shelter, located on the southern Cape coast of South Africa. This study contributes to enhance knowledge on the mechanisms of changes that occurred during the transition to the post-HP. Despite patterns of continuity observed, notably for core reduction methods, the seven successive lithic assemblages show significant changes in the typological characteristics and raw material selection but also in

SUBMITTER: Douze K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221302 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature