Högberg Anders, Lombard Marlize
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Art and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences, Archaeology, Kalmar, Sweden.
Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa.
PLoS One. 2016 Dec 12;11(12):e0168012. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168012. eCollection 2016.
It has been suggested that technological variations associated with Still Bay assemblages of southern Africa have not been addressed adequately. Here we present a study developed to explore regional and temporal variations in Still Bay point-production strategies. We applied our approach in a regional context to compare the Still Bay point assemblages from Hollow Rock Shelter (Western Cape) and Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter (KwaZulu-Natal). Our interpretation of the point-production strategies implies inter-regional point-production conventions, but also highlights variability and intra-regional knapping strategies used for the production of Still Bay points. These strategies probably reflect flexibility in the organisation of knowledge-transfer systems at work during the later stages of the Middle Stone Age between about 80 ka and 70 ka in South Africa.
有人认为，与南部非洲斯蒂尔湾组合相关的技术变化尚未得到充分探讨。在此，我们展示一项旨在探究斯蒂尔湾尖状器制作策略的区域和时间变化的研究。我们将我们的方法应用于区域背景下，以比较来自霍洛克斯岩棚（西开普省）和乌姆拉图扎纳岩棚（夸祖鲁 - 纳塔尔省）的斯蒂尔湾尖状器组合。我们对尖状器制作策略的解读意味着区域间的尖状器制作惯例，但也突出了用于制作斯蒂尔湾尖状器的变异性和区域内的打片策略。这些策略可能反映了南非约80 ka至70 ka的中石器时代晚期知识转移系统运作中组织的灵活性。
