Nompumelelo Maringa- BSc (Wits), BSc Honours in Archaeology (Wits) and MSc in Archaeology (Wits)
- PhD Student at University of Algarve
Nompumelelo Maringa
- BSc (Wits), BSc Honours in Archaeology (Wits) and MSc in Archaeology (Wits)
- PhD Student at University of Algarve
PhD candidate
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Introduction
I am an archaeozoologist and taphonomist specialising in Plio-Pleistocene micromammals and the palaeoecology of South Africa. My research focuses on taxonomy, taphonomy and palaeoecology of micromammals. I am working on the taxonomic, taphonomic and palaeoecological analyses of the micromammal assemblage from Kromdraai, an archaeological site located in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.
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Companheira is a dolomitic cave in Portimão, Southern Portugal, discovered during road construction in the 1990s, creating an artificial entrance. Excavations in 2019 uncovered Middle Paleolithic stone tools, faunal remains, and possible Neanderthal or non-human primate bones in Chamber 2, though these materials were determined to have been reworke...
The site of Kromdraai is known for the first discovery of Paranthropus robustus remains. Research conducted at Kromdraai shows its rich fossiliferous deposits, geological complexity and potential to highlight the evolutionary history of Plio-Pleistocene hominin lineages in a dynamic and changing environment. Here, we provide the results of the firs...
The Cradle of Humankind (Gauteng, South Africa) provides an important fossil record of the evolutionary history of PlioPleistocene hominins. Cooper's Cave deposits have yielded a rich fossil faunal assemblage, as well as six remains attributed to Paranthropus robustus. This study provides the first taxonomic, taphonomic and palaeoecological descrip...
This research investigates the palaeoenvironmental conditions at Klasies River main site using micromammal remains. The micromammal material was recovered from a 110 000 year old layer from the Witness Baulk located in Cave 1. The micromammal remains are associated with rare anatomically modern human fossils. The palaeoenvironmental conditions are...
This research is based on inferring the palaeoenvironment at Klasies River main site during MIS 5d (115-106ka) using micromammal cranial remains. The micromammal assemblage was recovered from the Witness Baulk located in center of Cave 1, where occupation by anatomically modern humans occurred during this time. Three dominant taxa where identified...
