{"id":4531,"date":"2019-08-28T11:06:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T09:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=4531"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:27:18","slug":"lesedi-21-july-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/publications\/lesedi\/lesedi-21-july-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesedi #21 &#8211; July 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"725\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Couv-Lesedi-web.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4532\" style=\"width:755px;height:725px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Couv-Lesedi-web.png 755w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Couv-Lesedi-web-300x288.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Lesedi. Field notes <\/em>#21<br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lesedi<\/em>, the online journal of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IFAS-Recherche<\/a>, celebrates its 15th anniversary with a special issue of 64 pages on prehistory and the cultural evolution of <em>Homo sapiens<\/em>, or \u201cmodern humans\u201d, from the Middle to Later Stone Age in Southern Africa. It contains 13 articles written by senior researchers, post-doctoral researchers and Ph.D. students, presenting ongoing research, new fieldworks and collaborative projects in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The special issue, coordinated by <strong>Guillaume Porraz<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNRS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arscan.fr\/antet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArScAn-AnTET<\/a>) and <strong>Aurore Val<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/uni-tuebingen.de\/en\/university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of T\u00fcbingen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wits.ac.za\/esi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESI<\/a>), with <strong>Thomas Vernet-Habasque<\/strong>, highlights the extent of current research, from lithic technology to archeobotany, anthracology, archeozoology, geoarchaeology, or ancient DNA study, as well as rock art studies. The programmes<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/2019\/bushman-rock-shelter-2014-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Bushman Rock Shelter \/ Heuningneskrans<\/a> (Limpopo Province) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/2019\/the-matobart-rock-art-project-2017-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matobart Rock Art &amp; Stone Age Project<\/a> (Matopos, Zimbabwe), supported by IFAS-Recherche over the years, are the core of the issue, along with other fieldworks.<br><br>In another field, anthropologist Federica Toldo (associate researcher, <a href=\"https:\/\/lesc-cnrs.fr\/fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LESC<\/a>) presents her work on funerary rituals called <em>xinguilamento<\/em> in present-day Luanda.\n\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/LESEDI-N21_07.2019.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of LESEDI-N21_07.2019.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-57cf3deb-74ce-458c-9300-ca7bdc3ed944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/LESEDI-N21_07.2019.pdf\">LESEDI-N21_07.2019<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/LESEDI-N21_07.2019.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-57cf3deb-74ce-458c-9300-ca7bdc3ed944\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br> A limited number of paper copies are also available at our office. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of contents <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dossier Pr\u00e9histoire et hommes modernes <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Coordinated by Guillaume Porraz, Aurore Val and Thomas Vernet-Habasque<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>05<\/strong>| Introduction au dossier : Le Middle Stone Age et le Later Stone Age d&#8217;Afrique du Sud, <em>quid Guillaume Porraz <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10<\/strong>| Les chasseurs-cueilleurs du Middle Stone Age dans la r\u00e9gion du Limpopo : reprise des fouilles arch\u00e9ologiques sur le site d&#8217;Olieboomspruit<br><em>Aurore Val <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>15<\/strong>| People and Plants in the Stone Age of South Africa: (archeo)botany at Bushman Rock Shelter <br><em>May L. Murungi <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>18<\/strong>| L&#8217;exploitation de la faune par les chasseurs-collecteurs Later Stone Age \u00e0 Bushman Rock Shelter (Limpopo, Afrique du Sud) <br><em>L\u00e9a Feyfant<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>22<\/strong>| The wall grooves of Bushman Rock Shelter: chronology and interpretation <br><em>L\u00e9a Jobard<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>25<\/strong>| Peintures rupestres et environnements culturels des Matobo, Zimbabwe <br><em>Camille Bourdier <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>30<\/strong>| Origine et consolidation des premi\u00e8res soci\u00e9t\u00e9s \u00e0 \u00e9conomie de production en Afrique australe, quels d\u00e9fis pour leur compr\u00e9hension ? <br><em>Jessie Cauliez, Laurent Bruxelles, Iris Guillemard &amp; Karim Sadr <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>36<\/strong>| Chasseurs-cueilleurs et agro-pasteurs dans l&#8217;aire de confluence Shashe-Limpopo, Afrique australe <br><em>Iris Guillemard <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>42<\/strong>| L&#8217;ADN ancien, nouvelle source d&#8217;information pour comprendre l&#8217;\u00e9volution humaine<br><em>Jean-Baptiste Ramond, Simon J. Underdown, Anders J. Hansen, Don A. Cowan &amp; Riaan F. Rifkin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nouveaux terrains, nouvelles recherches <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>45<\/strong>| Les traditions microlithiques Robberg et le dernier maximum glaciaire sur le site d&#8217;Heuningneskrans (province du Limpopo, Afrique du Sud) <br><em>Giulia Ricci <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>48<\/strong>| Gestion du bois et pal\u00e9oenvironnements \u00e0 la transition Pl\u00e9istoc\u00e8ne \/ Holoc\u00e8ne dans le bassin sud du Limpopo. Les chasseurs-cueilleurs du Later Stone Age du site de Bushman Rock Shelter <br><em>Elysandre Puech <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>51<\/strong>| Les changements techniques lors du Later Stone Age \u00e0 la transition entre le Pl\u00e9istoc\u00e8ne et l&#8217;Holoc\u00e8ne<br><em>Marc Thomas <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>54<\/strong>| Les rituelles dans l&#8217;art rupestre San. Confrontation entre th\u00e9ories et terrain <br><em>Romain Lahaye <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chercheurs et terrains <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>57<\/strong>| Transmission and reciprocity in funerary <em>xinguilamento <\/em>in Luanda (Angola) <br><em>Federica Toldo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Publications <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>62<\/strong>| <em>Visionary Animal<\/em>. <em>Rock Art from Southern Africa<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>63<\/strong>| <em>Towards a History of Archaeology from South Africa<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesedi. Field notes #21 Lesedi, the online journal of IFAS-Recherche, celebrates its 15th anniversary with a special issue of 64 pages on prehistory and the cultural evolution of Homo sapiens, or \u201cmodern humans\u201d, from the Middle to Later Stone Age in Southern Africa. 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