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SUMMARY:Renewed investigation of the Late Pleistocene-Holocene sequence fr
 om Kisese II rockshelter\, Tanzania\, and the Middle to Later Stone Age Tr
 ansition in Eastern Africa - Jason E. Lewis (Turkana Basin Institute &amp\
 ; Stony Brook University)
DTSTART:20161207T163000Z
DTEND:20161207T173000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Van Baelen
DESCRIPTION:The Middle to Later Stone Age (MSA-LSA) transition is the most
  pronounced archaeological change in the history of Homo sapiens in Africa
  prior to ceramics and animal and plant domestication\, but its nature\, t
 iming\, and tempo is obscure. Kisese II is a painted rock shelter in the K
 ondoa District of Tanzania that\, unique for the region\, preserves a 6-m-
 deep artifact-rich sequence with 20 radiocarbon dates. The Kisese II seque
 nce shows surprising complexity in the timing and pattern of changes acros
 s the MSA-LSA transition\, likely the outcome of the interplay between cha
 nges in the environment\, human population growth\, and cultural choice in
  Late Pleistocene Africa\, an important reservoir of human biological and 
 behavioral diversity during an important period of population expansion.  
 New results from reinvestigation of the lithic industry\, faunal remains\,
  ostrich-egg-shell beads\, human remains\, contextual information about th
 e site\, and their implications for understanding the MSA-LSA transition i
 n Eastern Africa will be presented. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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