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7 July 2014 |
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16:00 |
Registration opens |
18:00 |
Keynote address, Prof. JF Thackeray: Exploratory multivariate studies to quantify changes in Quaternary climate, using pollen, small mammals and foraminifera, in the context of human evolution |
19:00 |
Evening meet and greet function |
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8 July 2014 |
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08:30 |
Welcome and opening |
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Session 1: Palynology (Chair: L Rossouw) |
08:50 |
Plenary, Dr. B Chase: Rock hyrax middens: Louis Scott’s palaeoenvironmental revolution |
09:30 |
F Neumann, E Norstrom, G Botha, L Scott, M Bamford, M Humphries, R Smittenberg: Vegetation and climate fluctuations in the eastern Drakensberg region since the Late Pleistocene |
09:50 |
C Cordova, L Scott: Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation change around Lake Ngami, Botswana: a preliminary assessment of pollen, phytoliths and other plant microfossils |
10:10 |
M Chevalier, B Chase: A new method for a quantitative reconstruction of past climate change |
10:30 |
TEA |
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Session 2: Archaeology (Chair: D Stynder) |
11:00 |
L Jacobson: Temporal patterns of Holocene human settlement in the Namib, Namibia |
11:20 |
M Cameron: A prospective study on postcranial variation among herder-foragers from semi-arid southern Africa |
11:40 |
M Weinstein-Evron, Y Zaidner, I Hershkovitz: The Early Middle Paleolithic of Misliya Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel |
12:00 |
P Makarius Itambu: The rock art of Iringa region: another avenue for rock art studies in southern Highlands of Tanzania |
12:20 |
D Morris: The parietal art of Wonderwerk Cave |
12:40 |
A Nhundu: The effects of global warming on the rock art in the uKhahlamba/Drakensberg Park, World Heritage Site, South Africa |
13:00 |
LUNCH |
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Session 3: Faunal Analysis (Chair: L Jacobson) |
14:00 |
J Sealy, JA Lee-Thorp, E Loftus, C Marean: Late Pleistocene environmental change in the southern Cape, South Africa from stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in faunal tooth enamel from Boomplaas Cave |
14:20 |
M Ecker, J Botha-Brink, JA Lee-Thorp, L Horwitz: Ostrich eggshell as a source of palaeoenvironmental information for the arid interior of South Africa |
14:40 |
J Luyt, J Sealy: Understanding stable isotopes in fauna as environmental tracers in the southern African winter and year-round rainfall zone |
15:00 |
S Brunton, J Sealy, D Stynder: Exploring environmental variability during the MSA at Klasies River using a multi-proxy approach |
15:20 |
TEA |
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Session 4: Palaeoenvironments (Chair: FH Neumann) |
15:50 |
B Bousman, J Brink, H Meier, D Codron, L Rossouw, M Bateman: A new palaeoenvironmental sequence from the western Free State |
16:10 |
S Burrough, D Thomas, K Willis: Holocene landscape dynamics and ecosystem stability in the Upper Zambezi Valley |
16:30 |
M Bamford: Pre-Holocene charcoals from Stratum Five of Wonderwek Cave, Northern Cape |
16:50 |
M Thibodeau, F Berna, M Chazan: Fire in the sedimentary column: identifying wood ash using Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa |
17:10 |
E Marais, G Brook: Ambiguity of isotopes as precipitation indices in hyrax deposits |
18:00 |
Conference dinner |
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9 July 2014 |
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Session 5: Palaeodiet and Palaeoenvironments (Chair: M Weinstein-Evron) |
08:30 |
Plenary, Prof. JA Lee-Thorp: Contribution of stable light isotopes to understanding the palaeoenvironmental context of human evolution in Africa |
09:10 |
D Stynder, L Bishop, T van Zyl: Combining data on fossil bovid diets and functional morphology to clarify palaeoenvironmental conditions at Langebaanweg "E" Quarry |
09:30 |
A Souron, G Merceron, C Blondel, J-R Boisserie: 3D Dental texture microwear analysis and diet in extant Suidae |
09:50 |
Graham Avery: Black-backed Jackals (Canis mesomelas) as taphonomic agents: bone accumulations from the Namibian coast |
10:10 |
B Cohen, D Stynder: The development of the arid Cape West Coast over the last 5 million years, a faunal perspective from Langebaanweg |
10:30 |
TEA |
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Session 6: Contemporary Ecosystems (Chair: M Bamford) |
11:00 |
MT Hoffman, R Rohde, L Gillson: 20th century vegetation change in the major biomes of South Africa |
11:20 |
J du Toit, TG O'Connor: Grass encroachment in the eastern Karoo - influences of rainfall and grazing on composition and diversity over 78 years |
11:40 |
R Duker, AJ Potts, RM Cowling, DR du Preez: The effects of frost on Albany Subtropical Thicket and Nama Karoo: biome boundaries explored |
12:00 |
CAMS Djagoun, D Codron, J Sealy, GA Mensah, B Sinsin: Stable carbon isotope analysis of the diets of West African bovids in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve (Northern Benin) |
12:20 |
L la Grange, J Sealy, D Stynder: Hyraxes and their environments: investigating the utility of rock hyrax bone chemistry as a palaeoenvironmental proxy |
12:40 |
E Sachikumba: Women accessibility to water in historically low income areas |
13:00 |
LUNCH |
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Session 7: Geology and Geography (Chair: J Runge) |
14:00 |
P Holmes: Free State geomorphology and Quaternary environmental change; key or door stop? |
14:20 |
M Toffolo, F Berna, JS Brink: Site-formation and post-depositional processes of a spring deposit: preliminary results from the Middle Stone Age sequence at Florisbad, Free State |
14:40 |
KW Butzer, D Helgren, J Oswald (presented by C Cordova): Dry lakes or pans of the western Free State, South Africa: micro-stratigraphy, sedimentology and soil criteria critical to unravel Deelpan |
15:00 |
H O'Regan, P Aplin: Spatial analysis of landscape change: palaeoecology meets remote sensing |
15:20 |
TEA |
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Session 8: Ecosystem and Climate Change (Chair: JC Sealy) |
15:50 |
S Woodborne: Applications of AMS dating in South Africa |
16:10 |
SM Rucina, D Verschuren, V Gelorini, A Hemp, H Hooghiemstra, R Marchant: High-resolution Late-Holocene lowland savanna dynamics from Kenya, East Africa |
16:30 |
WT Hailesilassie: Climate change adaptation and mitigation through Agro forestry systems: case study Wolayta Zone of southern Ethiopia |
16:50 |
F Kruger: Reflections on the work of Louis Scott, on historical science, and on the environmental biology of savanna trees |
17:10 |
Closing announcements |
18:00 |
Evening reception |
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Posters |
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JS Brink: Faunal evidence for the appearance of open, Highveld grasslands and wetlands on a sub-regional scale in southern Africa during the Middle and Late Pleistocene |
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M Chazan, F Berna, L Kolska Horwitz: Renewed Excavations at Wonderwerk Cave: Goals and Preliminary Observations |
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J Codron, J Botha-Brink, D Codron: Predator-prey size relationships in terrestrial vertebrate Permo-Triassic communities of the Karoo Basin, South Africa |
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V Lukich, M Chazan, S Cowling: Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Kathu Region in the Northern Cape, South Africa: First Steps |
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M Mashimbye: Investigating herding strategies at Mapungubwe through spherulite evidence |
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IO Onjala: Cognition and stone tool working dynamics: an examination of Late Pleistocene MSA assemblages from Eastern and Southern African sites |
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DL Roberts, MD Bateman: A Pan –African dryland during glacials? |
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L Rossouw, JS Brink, D Codron, L Scott: C4 grass phytoliths from the ~1 my old bone bed at Cornelia-Uitzoek, Free State Province, South Africa |
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L Rossouw, L Scott: Measuring multiplicity and redundancy in grass silica short cell production |
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H Rüther, S Wessels. R Bhurtha, R Schroeder: 3D Laser scanning for research and conservation of african cultural heritage sites |
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G Sampson, V Moore, B Stafford, A Giordano, M Willis, T Dalbey, B Bousman: A GIS analyses of the Zeekoe Valley archaeological project hunter-gatherer archaeological record |
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P Smith, JS Brink, JW Hoffman, LC Bam, R Nshimirimana, FC de Beer: Micro-CT analysis of the Florisbad upper third molar |
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MK Sobol: Preliminary charcoal analysis from Spitzkloof Rockshelter B Richtersveld South Africa |
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AC van Aardt, L Scott, CB Bousman, JS Brink, Z Jacobs, PJ du Preez: Palynological analysis of the spring mound Baden-Baden in the western Free State, South Africa |
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P Zizadza-Gandiwa: A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental exploration of the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
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R Zengeni: Land-use and cover change assessment in an Albany thicket region in Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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Exhibit |
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J Loock: The Orange River prior to 1920: A visual representation |
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10 & 11 July 2014 |
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Post-conference excursion |
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10 July 2014 |
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08:00 |
Departure |
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11 July 2014 |
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18:00 |
Return to Bloemfontein |