1st Edition

Palaeoecology of Africa and the Surrounding Islands, volume 23

Edited By K. Heine Copyright 1993
264 Pages
by CRC Press

264 Pages
by CRC Press

Containing 15 contributions. Vegetation associated with the protohistorical mound of 'Mouyssam II' (KNT2) in the Malian Sahel; Late Quaternary mammalian remains from central and eastern Sudan and their palaeoenvironmental significance; On the ages of humid Late Quaternary phases in southern African arid areas (Namibia, Botswana); Charcoal from Leliehoek shelter, eastern Orange Free State, South... Read more
Foreword; Reconstitution des circulations atmospheriques du Pleistocene terminal et de 1’Holocene au large de 1’Afrique entre 15 et 35°N; Cimentation carbonatees littorales sur les cotes du Senegal a V Holocene Gresifications carbonatees en m ilieu littoral confine de V Holocene des Cotes Mauritaniennes; Vegetation associated with the protohistorical mound of ‘Mouyssam II’ (KNT2) in the Malian Sahel: A reconstruction; Ostrich bones from the Neolithic of Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt; Nimir Cave: Morphology and fauna of a cave in the Egyptian Eastern Desert; Late Quaternary mammalian remains from Central and Eastern Sudan and their palaeoenvironmental significance; New 14C data of Kenya and their geomorphological and palaeoecological interpretation; A TL-calibrated pedostratigraphy of the western lunette dunes of Etosha Pan/northern Namibia: Palaeoenvironmental implications for the last 140ka; On the ages of humid Late Quaternary phases in southern African arid areas (Namibia, Botswana); Evidence of a shallow lake at Tsodilo Hills, Botswana, 17 500 to 15 000 yr BP: Further confirmation of a widespread Late Pleistocene humid period in the Kalahari Desert; Chronology of Late Pleistocene deposits associated with Homo sapiens at Klasies River Mouth, South Africa; Charcoal from Leliehoek shelter, eastern Orange Free State, South Africa; Short communications: A new species of Restiofrom Malawi: Further evidence regarding the palaeoclimatic significance of Restionaceae pollen from central Africa; Late Quaternary mire sediments in tropical Africa: Opportunities for further palynological studies; Book reviews and publications of interest.

Biography

Klaus Heine, Department o f Geography, University o f Regensburg, Germany.