Archaeological sites and palaeoenvironments of Pleistocene West Africa

Cerasoni, Jacopo Niccolo ORCID: 0000-0002-5546-1555, Hallett, Emily Y., Ben Arous, Eslem, Beyer, Robert M., Krapp, Mario ORCID: 0000-0002-2599-0683, Manica, Andrea ORCID: 0000-0003-1895-450X and Scerri, Eleanor M. L. . Archaeological sites and palaeoenvironments of Pleistocene West Africa. J. Maps. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1744-5647

Full text not available from this repository.

DOI:10.1080/17445647.2022.2052767

Abstract

African paleoanthropological studies typically focus on regions of the continent such as Eastern, Southern and Northern Africa, which hold the highest density of Pleistocene archaeological sites. Nevertheless, lesser known areas such as West Africa also feature a high number of sites. Here, we present a high-resolution map synthesising all well contextualised Pleistocene archaeological sites present in Sub-Saharan West Africa. A detailed elevation and ecoregional map was developed and correlated with palaeoanthropological sites. This map is supplemented with 1,000- and 2000-year interval climate reconstructions over the last 120,000 years for three subregions of high archaeological interest. The presented archaeological sites were compiled by reviewing published literature, and selected based on: (1) documented archaeological stratification or >10 characteristic artefacts, (2) published coordinates, and (3) published chronometric ages or relative dating. The data presented here elucidates the current state of knowledge of Pleistocene West Africa, highlighting the regional potential for human evolutionary studies.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Creators:

Creators	Email	ORCID	ORCID Put Code
Cerasoni, Jacopo Niccolo	UNSPECIFIED	orcid.org/0000-0002-5546-1555	UNSPECIFIED
Hallett, Emily Y.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ben Arous, Eslem	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Beyer, Robert M.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Krapp, Mario	UNSPECIFIED	orcid.org/0000-0002-2599-0683	UNSPECIFIED
Manica, Andrea	UNSPECIFIED	orcid.org/0000-0003-1895-450X	UNSPECIFIED
Scerri, Eleanor M. L.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED