June 2015
Publication: 
SAAB
Volume: 
70
Issue: 
201
June 2015 (201)

CONTENTS

GUEST EDITORIAL
An Africanist view of South African archaeology — D.W. Phillipson

RESEARCH ARTICLES

USE-TRACE ANALYSIS OF BONE TOOLS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF FOUR METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
J. BRADFIELD

MAPELA, MAPUNGUBWE AND THE ORIGINS OF STATES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
T.N. HUFFMAN

PREHISTORIC SHELLFISH EXPLOITATION ALONG THE NORTHERN CAPE COAST: THE MIDDLE AND LATER
STONE AGE SHELLFISH ASSEMBLAGES FROM BRANDSEBAAI, NAMAQUALAND
K. KYRIACOU & J.E. PARKINGTON

CHARCOAL ANALYSIS FROM 49 000-YEAR-OLD HEARTHS AT SIBUDU: IMPLICATIONS FOR WOOD USES AND
THE KWAZULU-NATAL ENVIRONMENT
S. LENNOX, L. WADLEY & M. BAMFORD

TEXTS AND EVIDENCE: NEGOTIATING SAN WORDS AND IMAGES
J.D. LEWIS-WILLIAMS

ETHNOGRAPHIC AND EXPERIMENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE EFFICACY OF OCHRE AS A MOSQUITO
REPELLENT
R.F. RIFKIN

CRANIO-DENTAL EVIDENCE FOR INTER-POPULATION HOMOGENEITY IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD
OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN IRON AGE PEOPLES
K. WARREN, S. HALL & R. ROGERS ACKERMANN

OSTRICH EGGSHELLS AND THEIR BEADS
E.N. WILMSEN

FIELD AND TECHNICAL REPORTS

AN UNUSUAL PRE-COLONIAL BURIAL FROM BLOUBERGSTRAND, TABLE BAY, SOUTH AFRICA
J. ORTON, D. HALKETT, T. HART, M. PATRICK & S. PFEIFFER

PLEISTOCENE FIGURATIVE ART MOBILIER FROM APOLLO 11 CAVE, KARAS REGION, SOUTHERN NAMIBIA
R.F. RIFKIN, C.S. HENSHILWOOD & M.M. HAALAND

DISCUSSION FORUM

LATE HOLOCENE SETTLEMENT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE CAPE: MEGAMIDDENS AND THE
CASE FOR AND AGAINST HUMAN POPULATION INCREASE
J.E. PARKINGTON, K. KYRIACOU & J.W. FISHER, Jr

REVISING MODELS FOR THE CULTURAL STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE OF THE MIDDLE STONE AGE
N.J. CONARD & G. PORRAZ

BOOK REVIEWS
What Bone is That? A Guide to the Identification of Southern African Mammal Bones — Reviewed by J. Reynard
Archaeology of African Plant Use — Reviewed by L. Allott
Rock Art and Sacred Landscapes — Reviewed by L.M. Brady
Zimbabwean Archaeology in the Post-Independence Era — Reviewed by P. Hubbard
Year: 
2015
Month: 
June