Prospect Farm and the Middle and Later Stone Age Occupation of Mt. Eburru (Central Rift, Kenya) in an East African Context

Baelen, Ann Van; Wilshaw, Alex; Griffith, Peter; Noens, Gunther; Maíllo‐Fernández, José‐Manuel; Foley, Robert

doi:10.1007/s10437-019-09342-0

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“…Exotic raw material use, sourced from distances of ca. 300 km, appears a persistent feature of the MSA of Eastern Africa (Brooks et al 2018;van Baelen et al 2019), and studies across the continent have illustrated that MSA populations have made costly choices to access raw materials that appear to exclude purely functional concerns (Nash et al 2016). Examining how terrain roughness impacts the juxtaposition of locally sourced and exotic raw material use offers a profitable avenue for future inquiry, but one that is reliant upon detailed provenance analyses.…”

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Explanations of variability in Middle Stone Age stone tool assemblage composition and raw material use in Eastern Africa

Blinkhorn

Grove

2021

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The Middle Stone Age (MSA) corresponds to a critical phase in human evolution, overlapping with the earliest emergence of Homo sapiens as well as the expansions of these populations across and beyond Africa. Within the context of growing recognition for a complex and structured population history across the continent, Eastern Africa remains a critical region to explore patterns of behavioural variability due to the large number of well-dated archaeological assemblages compared to other regions. Quantitative studies of the Eastern African MSA record have indicated patterns of behavioural variation across space, time and from different environmental contexts. Here, we examine the nature of these patterns through the use of matrix correlation statistics, exploring whether differences in assemblage composition and raw material use correlate to differences between one another, assemblage age, distance in space, and the geographic and environmental characteristics of the landscapes surrounding MSA sites. Assemblage composition and raw material use correlate most strongly with one another, with site type as well as geographic and environmental variables also identified as having significant correlations to the former, and distance in time and space correlating more strongly with the latter. By combining time and space into a single variable, we are able to show the strong relationship this has with differences in stone tool assemblage composition and raw material use, with significance for exploring the impacts of processes of cultural inheritance on variability in the MSA. A significant, independent role for terrain roughness for explaining variability in stone tool assemblages highlights the importance of considering the impacts of mobility on structuring the archaeological record of the MSA of Eastern Africa.

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Explanations of variability in Middle Stone Age stone tool assemblage composition and raw material use in Eastern Africa

Blinkhorn

Grove

2021

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…Human presence in Eburu dates to at least the late Middle and Upper Pleistocene 120,000 to 45,000 years ago (Van Baelen et al, 2019). Indigenous hunter-gather groups were largely assimilated or displaced by waves of pastoral immigrants approximately 3,000 and 2,000 years ago and finally the arrival of the Massai in the eighteenth century.…”

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When Ecological Analysis Reveals Hidden Human Dimensions: Building on Long-Term Community Participation to Enable a Conservation Translocation of Mountain Bongo in Kenya

Sheppard

Brichieri‐Colombi

Stark

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Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Conservation translocations have traditionally focused on ecological aspects while overlooking or underestimating the importance of human dimensions. Here, we present a feasibility analysis for a conservation translocation that up front took a holistic approach by investigating both ecological and socio-economic suitability of reinforcing mountain bongo in Eburu National Forest, Kenya. From 2018 to 2019, we set up 50 cameras to detect mountain bongo and searched for secondary signs in a grid overlaying Eburu. We also conducted surveys with 200 households surrounding the forest and interviewed 300 students to understand local perceptions of and interactions with Eburu Forest and their desire for a mountain bongo translocation. We used data from camera trapping and secondary signs in a MaxEnt model to determine the amount and location of available habitat for a bongo conservation translocation. Camera traps recorded only five bongo events in the 2-year study, and MaxEnt models revealed that these antelopes were relegated to less than 2.5 km of available habitat. Socio-economic surveys indicated local support for the conservation of bongo and their habitat, and yet our camera traps uncovered threatening illicit activities that could jeopardize both bongo survival and any attempt at boosting the remnant population with captive-bred individuals. We report how we built on long-term community and stakeholder engagement to mitigate these threats and provide concrete recommendations for how to proceed with a conservation translocation in terms of both the biological aspects and continued efforts to integrate socio-economic needs and community engagement.

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Lake Nakuru and Lake Elmenteita

Renaut,

Owen

2023

Syntheses in Limnogeology

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Prospect Farm and the Middle and Later Stone Age Occupation of Mt. Eburru (Central Rift, Kenya) in an East African Context

Cited by 7 publications

References 65 publications

Explanations of variability in Middle Stone Age stone tool assemblage composition and raw material use in Eastern Africa

Explanations of variability in Middle Stone Age stone tool assemblage composition and raw material use in Eastern Africa

When Ecological Analysis Reveals Hidden Human Dimensions: Building on Long-Term Community Participation to Enable a Conservation Translocation of Mountain Bongo in Kenya

Lake Nakuru and Lake Elmenteita

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