期刊
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
卷 39, 期 10, 页码 3039-3051出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.007
关键词
Sibudu; Middle Stone Age; Bedding; Experiments; Micromorphology
资金
- National Research Foundation (NRF)
- Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST)
We conducted experiments to compare the micromorphological signatures of modern burnt sedge and grass bedding to laminated layers of carbonized material and phytoliths in Middle Stone Age deposits at the shelter, Sibudu. The experiments were designed to clarify the formation processes associated with the laminated layers and to investigate whether these previously identified layers of bedding were deliberately burned or not. The results indicate that the laminated layers were most likely produced by human activity related to the construction, maintenance and burning of bedding. Furthermore, our experiments demonstrate that large volumes of vegetal material could have produced the relatively thin, archaeological deposits of burnt bedding. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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