48624
Title Of Article Chaper
Sedimentary environments at the Mwanganda site, Malawi
Title Of Journal Book
Geoarchaeology
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
15-27
Collation
6 figs., 2 tables
Reference Bibliography
refs.
ISSN
0883-6353
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Sedimentary environment at the Mwanganda Site area are reconstructed. Microstratigraphic analyses show that the site was located on the bank of a shallow, braided, palaeostream and that bone and artifactual debris were not deposited by palaeocurrents, but rather resulted from hominid activity. This accords with the interpretations of the original excavators of the site. Based on sedimentological studies, it is apparent, however, that the site contents were rearranged by overbank currents that swept across the site at peak discharges. Thus, the distribution pattern of the site contents do not directly reflect hominid meat processing activities that occurred at the site.
Keywords
archaeological sites;geoarchaeology;bone; Mwanganda Site (Malawi, Africa);microstratigraphy;distribution; reconstruction;sedimentology; anthropogenic
pub_id
48624