Modern behaviour in ancient South Africans: evidence for the heat treatment of stones in the Middle Stone Age
| dc.contributor.author | Sealy, J C | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-24T09:36:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-24T09:36:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-13T10:11:19Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | To what extent was fire used as an engineering tool by early modern humans? Kyle Brown and co-authors marshal an impressive array of evidence to show that by 72 000 years ago, and perhaps as far back as 164 000 years ago, prehistoric people prepared the stone from which they planned to make artefacts by intentionally heat-treating it to improve its flaking qualities. This practice is well known from later sites but the increased time depth reported here is remarkable, and contributes to a growing body of evidence that Middle Stone Age people in South Africa were capable of far more sophisticated behaviour than previously realised. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Sealy, J. C. (2009). Modern behaviour in ancient South Africans: evidence for the heat treatment of stones in the Middle Stone Age. <i>South African Journal of Science</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26912 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Sealy, J C "Modern behaviour in ancient South Africans: evidence for the heat treatment of stones in the Middle Stone Age." <i>South African Journal of Science</i> (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26912 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sealy, J. (2009). Modern behaviour in ancient South Africans: evidence for the heat treatment of stones in the Middle Stone Age. South African Journal of Science, 105(9-10), 323-323. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Sealy, J C AB - To what extent was fire used as an engineering tool by early modern humans? Kyle Brown and co-authors marshal an impressive array of evidence to show that by 72 000 years ago, and perhaps as far back as 164 000 years ago, prehistoric people prepared the stone from which they planned to make artefacts by intentionally heat-treating it to improve its flaking qualities. This practice is well known from later sites but the increased time depth reported here is remarkable, and contributes to a growing body of evidence that Middle Stone Age people in South Africa were capable of far more sophisticated behaviour than previously realised. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Science LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Modern behaviour in ancient South Africans: evidence for the heat treatment of stones in the Middle Stone Age TI - Modern behaviour in ancient South Africans: evidence for the heat treatment of stones in the Middle Stone Age UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26912 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26912 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Sealy JC. Modern behaviour in ancient South Africans: evidence for the heat treatment of stones in the Middle Stone Age. South African Journal of Science. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26912. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Archaeology | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Journal of Science | |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.sajs.co.za/ | |
| dc.subject.other | Silcrete | |
| dc.subject.other | Prehistoric antiquities | |
| dc.subject.other | Prehistoric peoples | |
| dc.title | Modern behaviour in ancient South Africans: evidence for the heat treatment of stones in the Middle Stone Age | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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