Photo courtesy ol Earttiwatch
British archaeologist David Price Williams (with pointer) on a dig in Swaziland
Man’s history in Africa found
By Sandy Johnstone
Ot th« Emerald
British archaeologist David
Price Williams tried to "fill in the
gaps" on the evolution of man in
prehistoric Africa with his
recent expeditions to
Swaziland
Williams spoke Monday about
man's evolution in Africa,
specifically between 12,000 and
40,000 years ago Many
archaeologists claim there was
no human life in Africa then, he
said, because there was no
substantial evidence
But Williams and his team of
workers have found evidence of
man from about 14,000 years
ago
"We found most unexpected,
exquisitely made stone tools"
about half the size of a match.
he said He said the tools are
"extremely cleverly made," and
when first made, sharper than
steel In the same layer of earth,
he also found crudely-made
lava flakes known as
"Christmas boots "
These discoveries have not
been found in the African inter
ior before, although similar sites
exist on the South African
coast Because Swaziland is
inland, finding these types of
tools have created discrepan
cies with other theories which
said the "Christmas boot" peo
ple lived near the coast, Wil
liams said.
Besides Williams' inland dis
coveries of the "Christmas
boot" people, he found
evidence of a group of people
who used small pieces of
quartz, about the size of a
thumbnail, to scrape animal
skins These "thumbnail
scraper' people existed about
6,000 to 8,000 years ago, Wil
liams estimated The tiny tools
were used to scrape skins about
the same way razor blades are
used today
Excavating caves, as Williams
did in his recent expeditions, is
a slow, meticulous process It
has taken him and his team of
workers about two years to
excavate four square meters
"We can't use bulldozers." he
laughed
Williams' presentation was
jointly sponsored by the Arts
and Humanities Committee, the
Eugene Chapter of the
Archaeological Institute of
America and Earthwatch. a re
search volunteer recruiting
organization in Belmont, Mass
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Students who have received the booklets are
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A graduate sociology class is conducting the
survey and analyzing the results. Last year’s class
surveyed alcohol consumption and drinking
problems among University students.
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