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Highlights Modern and symbolic human behaviour emerged during the African Middle Stone Age The habitual use of red ochre is a defining aspect of modern human behaviour Diverse symbolic and utilitarian interpretations have been proposed for ochre Actualistic experiments with ochre can clarify the emergence of modern behaviour An experimental database is developed for
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Ochre Use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu South Africa Grinding Rubbing Scoring and Engraving Hodgskiss Tammy Journal of African Archaeology Volume 11 1 75 Oct 25 2024 Read Article Download PDF Share Full Text for Free beta 21 pages Article Details Recommended References Bookmark Add to Folder Cite Social Times Cited
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In the case study presented here the aim of our research was to achive a better understanding of ochre use by Middle Stone Age populations in East Africa through the analysis of 4 213 pieces of iron rich mineral fragments 40 kg found at the archaeological site of Porc Epic Cave Ethiopia in layers dated to ca 40 000 years ago Rosso d Errico and Queffelec 2024
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Ochre use at Sibudu Cave and its link to complex cognition in the Middle Stone Age Tammy Hodgskiss 2024 Azania Ochre is found at many Middle Stone Age MSA sites and its use is often attributed by archaeologists to enhanced mental abilities and symbolism However the links between the visible uses of ochre cognition and symbolism have
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Ochre is found at many Middle Stone Age sites and its use is often associated with enhanced mental abilities and symbolism but the links between the visible uses of ochre and cognition have not been clearly defined
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Textiles can be felt or spun fibers made into yarn and subsequently netted looped knit or woven to make fabrics which appeared in the Middle East during the late Stone Age From ancient times to the present day methods of textile production have continually evolved and the choices of textiles available have influenced how people carried
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Sibudu has a large Middle Stone Age ochre assemblage of over 9000 pieces of ochre from layers dating between 77 ka and ka All pieces were examined to determine the types of ochre used and to inspect all use traces present on the pieces The assemblage comprises 5449 ochre pieces iv >8 mm including 682 pieces with markings from use
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University of the Witwatersrand Abstract and Figures Many Middle Stone Age MSA sites have evidence of the regular collection and use of ochre Sibudu KwaZulu Natal South Africa
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University of the Witwatersrand Abstract The term ochre has many meanings a colored stone a pigment sunscreen a curiosity item a mustard hue or even an object used for ritual
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Micromorphological analysis of sediments from the Middle Stone Age site of Sibudu Cave KwaZulu Natal South Africa provides a high resolution sequence and evidence of site formation processes of predominantly anthropogenic deposits This methodology allows for a detailed interpretation of individual anthropogenic activities including the construction of hearths and bedding and the
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Direct evidence for the use of ochre in the hafting technology of Middle Stone Age tools from Sibudu Cave
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Many Middle Stone Age MSA sites have evidence of the regular collection and use of ochre Sibudu KwaZulu Natal South Africa has a large MSA ochre assemblage of over 9000
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Some ochre pieces occur and numbers of lithics in this phase fluctuate with more lithics found in 4 WA 115ka than 4 BS Archaeological charcoal as a window on palaeovegetation and wood use during the middle Stone age at Sibudu cave South Afr Humanit 18 1 2024 pp 173 201 View Record in Scopus Google Scholar Avery 1982
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The stone spear was embedded in the wood using a compound adhesive made up of plant gum red ochre and to aid the workability possibly a small amount of beeswax coarse particles or fat [7] This preliminary mixture had to have the correct ingredient proportions and then before shafting undergo a controlled heat treatment stage
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Ochre an iron rich rock characterized by a red or yellow color is found at many Middle Stone Age sites The largest known East African collection of Middle Stone Age ochre
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The term ochre has many meanings a colored stone a pigment sunscreen a curiosity item a mustard hue or even an object used for ritual Ochre found at archaeological sites is described as a range of earthy ferruginous rocks with red yellow purple streaks The use of ochre in the past has proven valuable for interpreting not only cognitive capabilities of its users but also for
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Ochre Use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu South Africa Fig 1 Location of Sibudu KwaZulu Natal South Africa modified from Wadley Jacobs 2024 2024 315 316 Single grain optically stimulated lu minescence ages for the MSA at Sibudu range between 77 ka and 38 ka Wadley Jacobs 2024 Jacobs et al 2008a b There are no Later Stone
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Ochre is found at many Middle Stone Age sites and its use is often associated with enhanced mental abilities and symbolism but the links between the visible uses of ochre and cognition have not been clearly defined
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Engraved ochre from a Middle Stone Age context at Klein Engraved ochre from a Middle Stone Age context at Klein Kliphuis in the Western Cape of South Africa L WadleyA typological study of the final Middle Stone Age stone tools from Sibudu Cave Kwazulu Natal South African Archaeological Bulletin 60 182 2024 pp 51 63
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The main body of this research comprises a study of the Middle Stone Age e ochr assemblage from Sibudu KwaZulu Natal South Africa Sibudu has a large Middle Stone Age ochre assemblage of over 9000 pieces of ochre from layers dating between 77 ka and ka All pieces were examined to determine the types of ochre used and to
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The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort at Sibudu and Blombos Jul 10 2024 The use of ochre coating of artifacts at Sibudu finds a clear parallel in the presence of ochre coating on the natural surface of two cores Archaeological charcoal as a window on palaeovegetation and wooduse during the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu Cave South Afr Humanit 200618
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Ochre is well known as a substance used in Stone Age symbolism but it can be shown to have had practical functions too The authors used microscopic examination of Middle Stone Age tools to show they had been hafted making use of an adhesive compound which included ochre in its recipe Keywords
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Dolerite segment from Sibudu showing ochre stain on its curved back View Large Image Download PowerPoint Ochre‐stained segments were also found in Kenya at Enkapune Ya Muto dated to between 50 000 and 40 000 years ago Ambrose 1998
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in sibudu cave located close to the kwazulu natal coast arrow points made of stone or bone are dated earlier than 60 ka and show signs that poison was applied to their tips 42 43 similarly daubed bone points have been identified at pinnacle point dated 71 ka 44 the earliest record for the thin blades initiating the lsa come from border cave …
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Many innovative Middle Stone Age technologies using ochre have been discovered in South Africa including for example a milk and ochre paint mixture at Sibudu [ 15] and a liquid ochre paint traces of which were found in an abalone shell at Blombos [ 16 ] Red ochre and its products can have symbolic meaning [ 1 ]
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Analyses of the distribution patterns of ochre residues conducted on post Howiesons Poort points and Howiesons Poort segments from Sibudu Cave show that ochre was an integral part of
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