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The TaphArt project explores the absence of rock art in southern Africa's Middle Stone Age by investigating whether this is due to cultural choices or environmental factors. It combines archaeology and material science to analyze ochre use and potential taphonomic processes affecting art preservation.
The advent of symbolic material culture and the storage of information outside the human brain through the production of artefacts and images imbued with meaning was a landmark in human evolution.
Although it has been generally considered as the consequence of an European Upper Palaeolithic ""revolution"" that took place around 40 ka, new evidence from the Middle Stone Age (MSA, ~300–40 ka) suggests the presence of symbolic material culture in Africa at ~150 ka.
In this context, a major research…
UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX
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Spain, Leioa
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
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