En Afrique Australe, plusieurs sites attribués au Middle Stone Age (MSA) ont livré de grandes quantités de blocs « d’ocre », suggérant une longue tradition d’exploitation, bien avant l’occurrence des premières peintures rupestres. Les indices sur la fonction de ce matériau et le but pour lequel il a été utilisé sont rares, ce qui a conduit à plusieurs hypothèses. Certains auteurs leur ont associé des comportements symboliques tandis que d’autres ont montré qu’une utilisation « utilitaire » était possible. La question de la fonction et du rôle qu’occupait l’ocre est par ailleurs centrale dans le contexte du MSA, étant donnée l’émergence de plusieurs innovations, production de perles, de motifs gravés et technologies de taille spécifiques. Le...
Red ochre is widely distributed at Middle Stone Age (MSA – for list of abbreviations see Appendix 1)...
Reassessment of the archaeological assemblages recovered by Kenneth D. Williamson in 1975 and 1976 a...
In southern Africa, key technologies and symbolic behaviors develop as early as the later Middle Sto...
During the Middle Stone Age hundreds of ochre pieces were discovered on numerous southern Africansit...
Ochre is found at numerous Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites and plays a key role in early modern human a...
Ochre is a common feature at Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites and has often been interpreted as a proxy ...
Abstract The use of mineral pigments, in particular iron-rich rocks, holds significant importance in...
Ochre is found at numerous Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites and plays a key role in early modern human a...
Many Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites have evidence of the regular collection and use of ochre. Sibudu (...
Funder: National Research Foundation; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001321Funder: GENUS, Sou...
A Masters Dissertation submitted to the faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand in fulfi...
International audienceUsually referred to as ‘ochre’ or ‘pigment’ in archaeological contexts, ferrug...
Ochre is a common feature at Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites and has often been interpreted as a proxy ...
The properties of ochre from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) layers of Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Afric...
We describe colour, hardness, grain size, geological type and surface modifications of ochre pieces ...
Red ochre is widely distributed at Middle Stone Age (MSA – for list of abbreviations see Appendix 1)...
Reassessment of the archaeological assemblages recovered by Kenneth D. Williamson in 1975 and 1976 a...
In southern Africa, key technologies and symbolic behaviors develop as early as the later Middle Sto...
During the Middle Stone Age hundreds of ochre pieces were discovered on numerous southern Africansit...
Ochre is found at numerous Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites and plays a key role in early modern human a...
Ochre is a common feature at Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites and has often been interpreted as a proxy ...
Abstract The use of mineral pigments, in particular iron-rich rocks, holds significant importance in...
Ochre is found at numerous Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites and plays a key role in early modern human a...
Many Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites have evidence of the regular collection and use of ochre. Sibudu (...
Funder: National Research Foundation; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001321Funder: GENUS, Sou...
A Masters Dissertation submitted to the faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand in fulfi...
International audienceUsually referred to as ‘ochre’ or ‘pigment’ in archaeological contexts, ferrug...
Ochre is a common feature at Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites and has often been interpreted as a proxy ...
The properties of ochre from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) layers of Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Afric...
We describe colour, hardness, grain size, geological type and surface modifications of ochre pieces ...
Red ochre is widely distributed at Middle Stone Age (MSA – for list of abbreviations see Appendix 1)...
Reassessment of the archaeological assemblages recovered by Kenneth D. Williamson in 1975 and 1976 a...
In southern Africa, key technologies and symbolic behaviors develop as early as the later Middle Sto...