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Sarah Jacoba Deborah Wurz

Professor, Archaeology
Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion
  • E-mailsarah.wurz@uib.no
  • Phone+47 55 58 89 77
  • Visitor Address
    Øysteins gate 3
    5007 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7805
    5020 Bergen
Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2024). Shellfish gathering during MIS 5c-d at Klasies River main site and Blombos Cave, southern Cape, South Africa: an inter-assemblage comparison. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
  • Show author(s) (2023). The stratigraphy and formation of Middle Stone Age deposits in Cave 1B, Klasies River Main site, South Africa, with implications for the context, age, and cultural association of the KRM 41815/SAM-AP 6222 human mandible. Journal of Human Evolution.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Ochre use at Olieboomspoort, South Africa: insights into specular hematite use and collection during the Middle Stone Age. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.
  • Show author(s) (2023). An analysis and environmental interpretations of wood charcoal from the Later Stone Age deposit at Klasies River cave 1, Tsitsikamma Coast. South African Journal of Botany. 147-156.
  • Show author(s) (2022). U-Th dating, taphonomy, and taxonomy of shell middens at Klasies River main site indicate stable and systematic coastal exploitation by MIS 5c-d. Frontiers in Earth Science. 1-25.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The southern African Stone Age sequence updated. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 172-212.
  • Show author(s) (2022). THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN STONE AGE SEQUENCE UPDATED (II). South African Archaeological Bulletin. 172-212.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Microstratigraphic preservation of ancient faunal and hominin DNA in Pleistocene cave sediments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
  • Show author(s) (2022). FLUTE PLAYING IN THE ROCK ART OF THE KLEIN KAROO AND CEDERBERG, SOUTH AFRICA — A POTENTIAL LINK TO ANCIENT SOUND. Rock Art Research. 104-113.
  • Show author(s) (2022). A Critical Review of the Stratigraphic Context of the MSA I and II at Klasies River Main Site, South Africa. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Technocomplexes and chronostratigraphy for mis 6-1 in Southern Africa. South African Journal of Geology. 1083-1092.
  • Show author(s) (2020). The palaeoecology of Klasies River, South Africa: An analysis of the large mammal remains from the 1984-1995 excavations of Cave 1 and 1A. Quaternary Science Reviews. 1-17.
  • Show author(s) (2020). The Doring River bullroarers rock painting: Continuities in sound and rainmaking. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 12 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Further evidence for bow hunting and its implications more than 60 000 years ago: Results of a use-trace analysis of the bone point from Klasies River Main site, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 14 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Coastal adaptation at Klasies River main site during MIS 5c-d (93,000–110,000 years ago) from a southern Cape perspective. Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology. 218-245.
  • Show author(s) (2020). A FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THE NOTCHED BONE ARTEFACTS FROM KLASIES RIVER MAIN SITE . South African Archaeological Bulletin. 128-136.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Shellfish exploitation during the Oakhurst at Klipdrift Cave, southern Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 8 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Revisiting Klasies river: A report on the large mammal remains from the deacon excavations of Klasies river main site, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 127-137.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Ethnobotanical research at klasies river linking past, present, and future. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 1-24.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Cooked starchy food in hearths ca. 120 kya and 65 kya (MIS 5e and MIS 4) from Klasies River Cave, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 210-227.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Color Me Heated? A Comparison of Potential Methods to Quantify Color Change in Thermally-Altered Rocks. Journal of Field Archaeology. 215-233.
  • Show author(s) (2019). A high-resolution perspective on MIS 5c-d lithic assemblages from Klasies River main site Cave 1. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 1-33.
  • Show author(s) (2019). A functional investigation of southern Cape Later Stone Age artefacts resembling aerophones. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 693-711.
  • Show author(s) (2018). The Howiesons Poort lithic sequence of Klipdrift Shelter, southern Cape, South Africa. PLOS ONE. 1-24.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Small mammals from Marine Isotope Stage 5 at Klasies River, South Africa - Reconstructing the local palaeoenvironment. Quaternary International. 6-20.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Phytoliths in modern plants and soils from Klasies River, Cape Region (South Africa). Quaternary International. 440-459.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Connections, culture and environments around 100?000 years ago at Klasies River main site. Quaternary International. 102-115.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Towards a better understanding of cooking techniques in the African Middle Stone Age. Primitive tider. 101-114.
  • Show author(s) (2017). The Technology of the Early Oakhurst Lithic Techno-Complex from Klipdrift Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa. African Archaeological Review. 93-119.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Occupational intensity and environmental changes during the Howiesons Poort at Klipdrift Shelter, southern Cape, South Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 349-364.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Early evidence for the extensive heat treatment of silcrete in the Howiesons Poort at Klipdrift Shelter (layer PBD, 65 ka), South Africa. PLOS ONE.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Techno-cultural characterization of the MIS 5 (c. 105 - 90 Ka) lithic industries at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa. PLOS ONE. 29 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Klipdrift Shelter, southern Cape, South Africa: preliminary report on the Howiesons Poort layers. Journal of Archaeological Science. 284-303.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Technological trends in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa between MIS 7 and MIS 3. Current Anthropology. No. S8: S305-S319.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Pleistocene Homo and the updated Stone Age sequence of South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 1-7.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Perreault, C. , Brantingham, P. J., Kuhn, S.L., Wurz, S. & Gao, X. Measuring the Complexity of Lithic Technology. Current Anthropology. S397-S406.
  • Show author(s) (2012). The significance of MIS 5 shell midddens on the cape coast - a lithic perspective from Klasies River and Ysterfontein 1. Quaternary International. 61-69.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Out of Africa, the Nile Valley and the Northern Route. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 168-179.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2024). A palaeoenvironmental analysis of microfossils from MIS 5c-d in Cave 1, Klasies River main site, South Africa.
  • Show author(s) (2024). A comparative zooarchaeological perspective on MIS 5 coastal ecology at Klasies River Main site and Blombos Cave, South Africa .
  • Show author(s) (2022). Shellfish remains as proxy for human behaviour and past environments during MSA II lower at Klasies River main site and Blombos Cave, southern Cape, South Africa.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Shellfishing at Klipdrift Cave during the Oakhurst, ca. 12–10 ka, in the southern Cape coast, South Africa: human predation pressure, dietary and climatic implications.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Red alert? The colors of heat-affected quartzite from the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Shellfish and tortoise exploitation during the Oakhurst at Klipdrift Cave, southern Cape, South Africa: human predation pressure and climatic implications.
  • Show author(s) (2016). The habitual heat treatment of silcrete by the Howiesons Poort groups from southern Africa.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Heating silcrete: innovation, invention or simple opportunistic behavior for the MSA groups?
  • Show author(s) (2014). Patterns of changes over the Howiesons Poort sequence at Klipdrift Shelter (South Africa).
  • Show author(s) (2014). Heat treatment of silcrete in the southern African MSA: the heating procedure and its implications for the chaine operatoire.
Editorial
  • Show author(s) (2012). SOUTH AFRICAN AND LESOTHO STONE AGE SEQUENCE UPDATED (I). South African Archaeological Bulletin. 123-144.
Book review
  • Show author(s) (2014). Review of Barham, L. 2013. From Hand to Handle. The First Industrial Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Shea, J.J. 2013. Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East. A Guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Desrosiers, P.M. (Editor) 2012. The Emergence of Pressure Blade Making. From Origin to Modern Experimentation. New York: Springer. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 118-124.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Review of Henshilwood, C.S. & d’Errico, F. (editors). 2011. Homo symbolicus. The dawn of language, imagination and spirituality. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN: 978-90-272-1189-7 (hardback). I-XI, 237pp. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 282-283.
  • Show author(s) (2011). The Cave of Hearths: Makapan Middle Pleistocene Research Project: Field research by Anthony Sinclair and Patrick Quinney, 1996-2001. Azania. 382-384.
Reference material
  • Show author(s) (2014). Southern and East African Middle Stone Age: Geography and Culture. . In: Smith C. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology: SpringerReference (www.springerreference.com). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. DOI: 10.1007/SpringerReference_403624 2014-02-28 14:41:28 UTC.
Interview
  • Show author(s) (2018). Arkeologi på rappen 1-3: Silje Evjenth Bentsen og Sarah Wurz om matlaging for 120.000 år siden.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2019). A Song of Space and Fire: Is There a Pyrotechnical Architecture of the African Middle Stone Age? 15 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Southern and East African Middle Stone Age: Geography and Culture. 10 pages.
Encyclopedia article
  • Show author(s) (2020). The Early Middle Stone Age in South Africa. 26 pages. In:
    • Show author(s) (2020). Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Oxford University Press.
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2019). MIS 5c-d at Klasies River: An analysis of microfossils to infe paleoenvironmental conditions.
Website (informational material)
  • Show author(s) (2012). The transition to modern behaviour.

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