The early inhabitants of the Upemba depression, the Democratic Republic of Congo

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dc.contributor.advisorMorris, Alanen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorSealy, Judith Cen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDlamini, Nonhlanhlaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-06T14:21:15Z
dc.date.available2015-05-06T14:21:15Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis research set out to shed light on the contradiction between the archaeological evidence pointing towards cultural continuity and the Luba’s rejection of ancestral relationships with the human skeletal remains found in the Upemba Depression of Central Katanga, the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was done by assessing the biological variation of the human skeletal remains of the early inhabitants from the Upemba Depression in the southeast of the Katanga Province (DRC) by using metric and non-metric dental morphological traits. Dental analyses of these Iron Age people have revealed homogeneity between the sexes, time periods and sites in Central Katanga. This is in contrast with the oral history from the Luba, who believe that the Iron Age remains are of their enemies who came from the northeast. In support of the archaeology, the dental morphological results from the current research have confirmed that present-day Luba people can trace their origins in Central Katanga as far back as AD 700.The analysis of patterns of dental disease, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen stable isotopes as well as phytoliths demonstrate that the diets and behaviours varied amongst these Iron Age communities. This may have been related to differences in food preparation and hygiene.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDlamini, N. (2014). <i>The early inhabitants of the Upemba depression, the Democratic Republic of Congo</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Human Biology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12758en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDlamini, Nonhlanhla. <i>"The early inhabitants of the Upemba depression, the Democratic Republic of Congo."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Human Biology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12758en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDlamini, N. 2014. The early inhabitants of the Upemba depression, the Democratic Republic of Congo. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Dlamini, Nonhlanhla AB - This research set out to shed light on the contradiction between the archaeological evidence pointing towards cultural continuity and the Luba’s rejection of ancestral relationships with the human skeletal remains found in the Upemba Depression of Central Katanga, the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was done by assessing the biological variation of the human skeletal remains of the early inhabitants from the Upemba Depression in the southeast of the Katanga Province (DRC) by using metric and non-metric dental morphological traits. Dental analyses of these Iron Age people have revealed homogeneity between the sexes, time periods and sites in Central Katanga. This is in contrast with the oral history from the Luba, who believe that the Iron Age remains are of their enemies who came from the northeast. In support of the archaeology, the dental morphological results from the current research have confirmed that present-day Luba people can trace their origins in Central Katanga as far back as AD 700.The analysis of patterns of dental disease, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen stable isotopes as well as phytoliths demonstrate that the diets and behaviours varied amongst these Iron Age communities. This may have been related to differences in food preparation and hygiene. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - The early inhabitants of the Upemba depression, the Democratic Republic of Congo TI - The early inhabitants of the Upemba depression, the Democratic Republic of Congo UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12758 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12758
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDlamini N. The early inhabitants of the Upemba depression, the Democratic Republic of Congo. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Human Biology, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12758en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Human Biologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherCell Biologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe early inhabitants of the Upemba depression, the Democratic Republic of Congoen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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