Recent archaeological research at Toteng, Botswana: early domesticated livestock in the Kalahari

Autor:	George A. Brook, Pradeep Srivastava, Alec C. Campbell, Fuyan Liang, Lawrence H. Robbins, Abel A. Mabuse, Shaw Badenhorst, Sheldon A. Skaggs, Michael L. Murphy
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Shore Archeology History geography geography.geographical_feature_category Visual Arts and Performing Arts business.industry Excavation Wetland Structural basin Archaeology Prehistory Livestock Pottery business Domestication
Zdroj:	Journal of African Archaeology. 6:131-149
ISSN:	2191-5784 1612-1651
DOI:	10.3213/1612-1651-10106
Popis:	This paper presents the first combined use of OSL and AMS dating to address the problem of the advent of livestock in southern Africa. Excavations at Toteng, at the eastern end of the Lake Ngami basin, have revealed bones of wetland and domesticated animals dating to around 2 ka. There is also Bambata pottery and microliths. Between 2.1–1.5 ka the lake level increased to ca 934 m asl but declined rapidly to less than 930 m asl by 1.2 ka. People lived close to the shore of Lake Ngami but as the lake waters receded occupation was probably seasonal in the winter months; during the summer low-flow months they may have moved west to be near a smaller Lake Ngami or northeast to the Okavango Delta.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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