Conference
Shifting Sands and Hues: Investigating Cultural Responses to Environmental Change through the Ochre Assemblage at Boomplaas Cave
| العنوان: | Shifting Sands and Hues: Investigating Cultural Responses to Environmental Change through the Ochre Assemblage at Boomplaas Cave |
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| المؤلفون: | Mauran, Guilhem, Mcgrath, James, Cawthra, Hayley, Faith, J, Tyler, Chase, Brian M., Pargeter, Justin |
| المساهمون: | Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés (TRACES), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Rochester USA, Council for Geosciences (CGS), Service Geologique d'Afrique du Sud, Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg (WITS), Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg |
| المصدر: | 30th EAA Annual Meeting https://hal.science/hal-04853680 30th EAA Annual Meeting, Aug 2024, Rome, Italy |
| بيانات النشر: | CCSD |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | Université Toulouse 2 - Jean Jaurès: HAL |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Human evolution, Social cooperation, Territory, Ochre, South Africa, Boomplaas Cave, [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | Rome, Italy |
| الوصف: | International audience ; Ochre found in archaeological layers bears witness to the extensive social and symbolic activities of so-called “modern human culture”. Cultural abilities are likely a crucial part of the story explaining the success of the hominin lineage. However, it remains unclear when these cultural capacities came to be and what influence(s) cultural capacities might have had on our survival during periods of marked climate change and resource variability. Here we present, the terminal Pleistocene (~40-10ka) ochre assemblage from Boomplaas Cave (Western Cape, South Africa). It is currently one of the few sites in Africa with the unique combination of well-dated multi-proxy paleoenvironmental, dietary, and sedimentary records to demonstrate significant climate, vegetation, and resources change during the terminal Pleistocene. Tracking the source and use of ochre at Boomplaas Cave allows us to examine how territoriality varies in relation to environmental change. According to the influential economic defensibility model, we expect a decrease of territorial behaviors during increased environmental instability and reduced ecological productivity (<18ka). Relying on a naturalistic approach, the analyses of archaeological and geological raw materials by optical microscopy allow us to provide preliminary results about the evolution of ochre exploitation at Boomplaas Cave. Comparison of these preliminary results with paleoenvironmental records derived from nearby hyrax middens, micromammal assemblages, as well as lithic raw material diversity allows us to address the impact of environment changes on cultural behaviours at Boomplaas Cave. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | conference object |
| اللغة: | English |
| الاتاحة: | https://hal.science/hal-04853680 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.5AAFDED2 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |