Silindokuhle Mavuso
Lecturer (New Generation of Academics Programme)
Sedimentology
PhD candidate in Geology, University of the Witwatersrand
MSc in Geology, University of the Witwatersrand
Masters Mobility Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, University of Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, France
BSc (Honours) Palaeontology and Geology, University of the Witwatersrand
BSc Geology, Archaeology and Environmental & Geographical Sciences, University of Cape Town
e: s.mavuso(at)ru.ac.za
p: +27 (0) 46 6038511
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am a Cenozoic geologist with a focus on identifying and explaining past environments that are associated with early human life and advancement through time. More specific research interests include:
Plio-Pleistocene geology and stratigraphy; context for mammalian and human evolution, sequence stratigraphy, rift basin sedimentology and development, field sedimentology, provenance studies and basin dynamics, isotope geochemistry, basin history studies, hominin palaeoenvironments and paleogeography, carbonates and karst geology, Karoo sedimentology, stratigraphy and basin development.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer reviewed book and journal articles
- Hammond, A.S., Mavuso, S.S., Biernat, M., Braun, D,R., Jinnah, Z., Kuo, S., Melaku, S., Wemanya, S.N., Ndiema E., Patterson, D.P., Uno, K.T., and Palcu, D.V. 2021. New hominin remains and revised context from the earliest Homo erectus locality in East Turkana, Kenya. Nature Communications. 12, 1939.
- Warren, K., Hunter L., Naidoo, N., Mavuso, S.S., Tommy, K.A., Moll, R.M. and Hlazo, N. 2021. Chapter 9: Early Hominins. In Beth Shook, Katie Nelson, Kelsie Aguilera, and Lara Braff (eds). Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology. Arlington, Virginia: American Anthropological Association.
- Merritt, S., Mavuso, S.S., Cordiner, E., Fetchenhier, K. and Greiner, E. 2018. Fwjj70 - A potential Early Stone Age single carcass butchery locality preserved in a fragmentary surface assemblage. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports 25:184-194.
Selected conference abstracts
2019
Warren, S., Mavuso, S.S., Murray, B., Colarossi, D., Dogandzic, T., Ssebuyungo, C., Harris, J., David Braun, Emmanuel Ndiema and Ranhorn, K.: Middle Stone Age site preservation of gajj17: Structural and depositional history of the northeastern Turkana Basin. Geological Society of America. Phoenix, Arizona.
Mavuso, S., Jinnah, Z., Colarossi, D., Dogandzic, T., Obrien, K., Harris, J., David Braun, Emmanuel Ndiema and Ranhorn, K.: Middle Stone Age artefact-bearing deposits in the Koobi Fora Formation: a geological study. East African Association for Palaeoanthropology and Palaeontology. Nairobi, Kenya.
Ssebuyungo, C., Mavuso, S., Colarossi, D., Dogandzic, T., Obrien, K., Harris, J., David Braun, Emmanuel Ndiema and Ranhorn, K.: GaJj17: A Middle Stone Age site in Koobi Fora, East Turkana (Kenya). East African Association for Palaeoanthropology and Palaeontology. Nairobi, Kenya.
Kelsey, B., Mavuso, S.S., Colarossi, D., Ssebuyungo, E. Ndiema, J. Harris, D. Braun and K. Ranhorn: The lithostratigraphy of the Middle Stone Age in the northeastern Turkana Basin. Paleoanthropology Society Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2018
Mavuso, S.S. and Jinnah, Z. The lithostratigraphy of Middle Stone Age artefact-bearing deposits in the Eastern Turkana Basin. Centre of Excellence (Palaeosciences) Seminar lectures. Muldersdrift, South Africa.
2017
Ssebuyungo, C., Dogandžić, T., Ranhorn, K.L., Mavuso, S.S., Van Hagen, L., Ziegler, M.J., Warren, S.L., Harris, J.W.K. and Braun, D.R.: Site formation processes at GaJj17 (East Turkana, Kenya). East African Association for Palaeoanthropology and Palaeontology. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Mavuso, S.S. and Stratford, D. The siliciclastic deposits of Jacovec Cavern, Sterkfontein: Reconstructing depositional environments in karst systems. Palaeoanthropology Society. Vancouver, Canada.
Ranhorn, K. L., Dogandžić, T., Mavuso, S.S., Ssebuyungo C, Van Hagen, L., Jirsa, C.E., Ziegler, M Warren, S and Harris, J.W.K. GaJj17: an MSA lake shore site at East Turkana. Palaeoanthropology Society. Vancouver, Canada.
2016
Mavuso, S.S., Stratford, D., Maire, R., Bruxelles, L. Deposits of the Jacovec Cavern, Sterkfontein: Sedimentological analyses for reconstructing depositional contexts of fossils. Society of Africanist Archaeologists. Geoarchaeology in Africa. Toulouse, France.
Mavuso, S.S., Stratford, D. The deposits of Jacovec Cavern, Sterkfontein: A high resolution application of sedimentological analyses for palaeoanthropological studies. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Atlanta, USA.
2015
Mavuso, S.S., Stratford, D., Maire, R., Bruxelles, L. The deposits of Jacovec Cavern, Sterkfontein: A high resolution application of sedimentological analyses for palaeoanthropological studies Franco-South African cooperation in archaeology. Pretoria, South Africa.
Mavuso, S.S.: The deposits of Jacovec Cavern, Sterkfontein: Petrography and Sedimentology. Centre of Excellence (Palaeosciences) Steering Committee, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mavuso, S.S.: The deposits of Jacovec Cavern, Sterkfontein: Petrography and Sedimentology. Centre of Excellence (Palaeosciences) Seminar lectures. Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mavuso, S.S.: Yellow Marker Tuff, Laetoli: A geological study. The African Quaternary. Cape Town, South Africa.
2014
Mavuso, S.S., Day, M and Rubidge B.: A bio- and lithostratigraphic study of the Ecca-Beaufort contact in the Northern Karoo Basin. Palaeontological Society of South Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mavuso, S.S.: A bio- and lithostratigraphic study of the Ecca-Beaufort contact in the Northern Karoo Basin. Centre of Excellence (Palaeosciences) Seminar Lectures, Johannesburg.
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