Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

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d'Errico, Francesco; Backwell, Lucinda Ruth; Wadley, Lyn; Geis, Lila; Queffelec, Alain; Banks, William E.; Doyon, Luc
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2022
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Fully shaped, morphologically standardized bone tools are generally considered reliable indicators of the emergence of modern behavior. We report the discovery of 23 double-beveled bone tools from ~ 80,000–60,000-year-old archaeological layers at Sibudu Cave in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. We analyzed the texture of use-wear on the archaeological bone tools, and on bone tool replicas experimentally used in debarking trees, processing rabbit pelts with and without an ochre compound, digging in sediment in and outside a cave, and on ethnographic artefacts. Debarking trees and digging in humus-rich soil produce use-wear patterns closely matching those observed on most Sibudu tools. This tool type is associated with three different Middle Stone Age cultural traditions at Sibudu that span 20,000 years, yet they are absent at contemporaneous sites. Our results support a scenario in which some southern African early modern human groups developed and locally maintained specific, highly standardized cultural traits while sharing others at a sub-continental scale. We demonstrate that technological and texture analyses are effective means by which to infer past behaviors and assess the significance of prehistoric cultural innovations.
Fil: d'Errico, Francesco. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia. University of Bergen; Noruega
Fil: Backwell, Lucinda Ruth. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales; Argentina. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica
Fil: Wadley, Lyn. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica
Fil: Geis, Lila. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia
Fil: Queffelec, Alain. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia
Fil: Banks, William E.. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia. University of Kansas; Estados Unidos
Fil: Doyon, Luc. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia. Shandong University; China
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MIDDLE STONE AGE
BONE TOOLS
TECHNOLOGY
TEXTURE ANALYSIS
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spelling Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)d'Errico, FrancescoBackwell, Lucinda RuthWadley, LynGeis, LilaQueffelec, AlainBanks, William E.Doyon, LucMIDDLE STONE AGEBONE TOOLSTECHNOLOGYTEXTURE ANALYSIShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6Fully shaped, morphologically standardized bone tools are generally considered reliable indicators of the emergence of modern behavior. We report the discovery of 23 double-beveled bone tools from ~ 80,000–60,000-year-old archaeological layers at Sibudu Cave in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. We analyzed the texture of use-wear on the archaeological bone tools, and on bone tool replicas experimentally used in debarking trees, processing rabbit pelts with and without an ochre compound, digging in sediment in and outside a cave, and on ethnographic artefacts. Debarking trees and digging in humus-rich soil produce use-wear patterns closely matching those observed on most Sibudu tools. This tool type is associated with three different Middle Stone Age cultural traditions at Sibudu that span 20,000 years, yet they are absent at contemporaneous sites. Our results support a scenario in which some southern African early modern human groups developed and locally maintained specific, highly standardized cultural traits while sharing others at a sub-continental scale. We demonstrate that technological and texture analyses are effective means by which to infer past behaviors and assess the significance of prehistoric cultural innovations.Fil: d'Errico, Francesco. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia. University of Bergen; NoruegaFil: Backwell, Lucinda Ruth. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales; Argentina. University of the Witwatersrand; SudáfricaFil: Wadley, Lyn. University of the Witwatersrand; SudáfricaFil: Geis, Lila. Universite de Bordeaux; FranciaFil: Queffelec, Alain. Universite de Bordeaux; FranciaFil: Banks, William E.. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia. University of Kansas; Estados UnidosFil: Doyon, Luc. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia. Shandong University; ChinaNature2022-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/218151d'Errico, Francesco; Backwell, Lucinda Ruth; Wadley, Lyn; Geis, Lila; Queffelec, Alain; et al.; Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa); Nature; Scientific Reports; 12; 1; 12-2022; 1-162045-2322CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20680-zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41598-022-20680-zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:04:43Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/218151instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:04:43.803CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
title Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
spellingShingle Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
d'Errico, Francesco
MIDDLE STONE AGE
BONE TOOLS
TECHNOLOGY
TEXTURE ANALYSIS
title_short Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
title_full Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
title_fullStr Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
title_full_unstemmed Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
title_sort Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv d'Errico, Francesco
Backwell, Lucinda Ruth
Wadley, Lyn
Geis, Lila
Queffelec, Alain
Banks, William E.
Doyon, Luc
author d'Errico, Francesco
author_facet d'Errico, Francesco
Backwell, Lucinda Ruth
Wadley, Lyn
Geis, Lila
Queffelec, Alain
Banks, William E.
Doyon, Luc
author_role author
author2 Backwell, Lucinda Ruth
Wadley, Lyn
Geis, Lila
Queffelec, Alain
Banks, William E.
Doyon, Luc
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv MIDDLE STONE AGE
BONE TOOLS
TECHNOLOGY
TEXTURE ANALYSIS
topic MIDDLE STONE AGE
BONE TOOLS
TECHNOLOGY
TEXTURE ANALYSIS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fully shaped, morphologically standardized bone tools are generally considered reliable indicators of the emergence of modern behavior. We report the discovery of 23 double-beveled bone tools from ~ 80,000–60,000-year-old archaeological layers at Sibudu Cave in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. We analyzed the texture of use-wear on the archaeological bone tools, and on bone tool replicas experimentally used in debarking trees, processing rabbit pelts with and without an ochre compound, digging in sediment in and outside a cave, and on ethnographic artefacts. Debarking trees and digging in humus-rich soil produce use-wear patterns closely matching those observed on most Sibudu tools. This tool type is associated with three different Middle Stone Age cultural traditions at Sibudu that span 20,000 years, yet they are absent at contemporaneous sites. Our results support a scenario in which some southern African early modern human groups developed and locally maintained specific, highly standardized cultural traits while sharing others at a sub-continental scale. We demonstrate that technological and texture analyses are effective means by which to infer past behaviors and assess the significance of prehistoric cultural innovations.
Fil: d'Errico, Francesco. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia. University of Bergen; Noruega
Fil: Backwell, Lucinda Ruth. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales; Argentina. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica
Fil: Wadley, Lyn. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica
Fil: Geis, Lila. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia
Fil: Queffelec, Alain. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia
Fil: Banks, William E.. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia. University of Kansas; Estados Unidos
Fil: Doyon, Luc. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia. Shandong University; China
description Fully shaped, morphologically standardized bone tools are generally considered reliable indicators of the emergence of modern behavior. We report the discovery of 23 double-beveled bone tools from ~ 80,000–60,000-year-old archaeological layers at Sibudu Cave in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. We analyzed the texture of use-wear on the archaeological bone tools, and on bone tool replicas experimentally used in debarking trees, processing rabbit pelts with and without an ochre compound, digging in sediment in and outside a cave, and on ethnographic artefacts. Debarking trees and digging in humus-rich soil produce use-wear patterns closely matching those observed on most Sibudu tools. This tool type is associated with three different Middle Stone Age cultural traditions at Sibudu that span 20,000 years, yet they are absent at contemporaneous sites. Our results support a scenario in which some southern African early modern human groups developed and locally maintained specific, highly standardized cultural traits while sharing others at a sub-continental scale. We demonstrate that technological and texture analyses are effective means by which to infer past behaviors and assess the significance of prehistoric cultural innovations.
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d'Errico, Francesco; Backwell, Lucinda Ruth; Wadley, Lyn; Geis, Lila; Queffelec, Alain; et al.; Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa); Nature; Scientific Reports; 12; 1; 12-2022; 1-16
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