Mapping Ancient Africa: Solène Boisard "Climate frameworks for the stone age in Northwest Africa"

The nineteenth Mapping Ancient Africa seminar was delivered by Solène Boisard (University Montreal). Solène introduced her work linking modelling of past climate conditions with archaeological records in north-western African. She was able to show consistent patterns in the reconstructions of past climate (temperature and precipitation) from both mechanistic models and on the basis of archaeological evidence. These climate changes were then shown to link with changes in stone tool technology (Middle Stone Age to Late Stone Age).
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The Mapping Ancient Africa project is a multi-year project funded by the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA; www.inqua.org) Palaeoclimate commission (PALCOM) and Humans & Biosphere commission (HABCOM)