Abstract
It has been suggested that technological variations associated with Still Bay assemblages
of southern Africa have not been addressed adequately. Here we present a study developed
to explore regional and temporal variations in Still Bay point-production strategies. We
applied our approach in a regional context to compare the Still Bay point assemblages from
Hollow Rock Shelter (Western Cape) and Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter (KwaZulu-Natal). Our
interpretation of the point-production strategies implies inter-regional point-production conventions,
but also highlights variability and intra-regional knapping strategies used for the
production of Still Bay points. These strategies probably reflect flexibility in the organisation
of knowledge-transfer systems at work during the later stages of the Middle Stone Age
between about 80 ka and 70 ka in South Africa.