Atlas of Mammal Distribution Through Africa from the LGM (~18 Ka) to Modern Times: The Zooarchaeological Record

This work provides the first overview of mammal species distributions in Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 18 ky) to modern time.It is derived from data published mainly in the zooarchaeological literature until 2009.During a post-doctoral project hosted in the zoological department of mammal collection at the Naturhistoriches Museum in Vienna (Austria), the occurrences of taxa in archaeological sites on the African continent were recorded in a database, integrating geographical and chronological information.This record offers the opportunity to produce a chronological atlas of mammalian distributions by presenting their occurrences on successive maps over the last 18 ky.This work is useful for zooarchaeologists dealing with one particular species by providing a bibliographical work that documents its past locations.It must be noted that fauna are mainly documented through their presence at archaeological sites and are therefore tied to the presence of humans and their activi