An Experimental and Archaeological Usewear Analysis of Quartz Artifacts from Mvumu, Mozambique
| atmire.migration.oldid | 3282 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kooyman, Brian | |
| dc.contributor.author | Simpson, Steven | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-27T19:40:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-20T08:00:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-05-27 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2015 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Quartz is ubiquitous across assemblages in Africa. Despite this, little research aimed at documenting and identifying exactly how these quartz tools were utilized, with specific regard to their use actions and worked materials, have been attempted. To more fully understand how quartz materials were utilized at the Middle Stone Age site of Mvumu, Mozambique, both experimental and archaeological usewear analyses of quartz artifacts were undertaken. The experimental work conducted for this thesis utilized local quartz sourced from the shore of Lake Niassa, Mozambique. Tools made from this material were then utilized in a variety of tasks consisting of a number of different materials, and working actions. This experimental program served as a basis for the identification of usewear traces on quartz artifacts excavated from Mvumu. The results of the archaeological analysis include a number of tasks and worked materials suggesting Mvumu was used as a short term, multipurpose campsite. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Simpson, S. (2015). An Experimental and Archaeological Usewear Analysis of Quartz Artifacts from Mvumu, Mozambique (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24883 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/24883 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2277 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | Archaeology | |
| dc.subject.classification | Usewear | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Quartz | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | MSA | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Mozambique | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Experimental | en_US |
| dc.title | An Experimental and Archaeological Usewear Analysis of Quartz Artifacts from Mvumu, Mozambique | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Archaeology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (MA) | |
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