Friend of OWSD
Diana M. (known as Margaret) Avery
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Southern African Society for Quaternary Research
University of the Witwatersrand
Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST)
Degrees:
1979
Doctorate Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
African archaeology
Publications resulting from Research
• Avery, D.M. 1998. Lower Pleistocene micromammals from Swartkrans Members 1-3, Gauteng, South Africa. Geobios 31: 393–414.
• Avery, D.M. 2001. The Plio-Pleistocene vegetation and climate of Sterkfontein and Swartkrans, South Africa, based on micromammals. Journal of Human Evolution 41: 113–132.
• Avery, D.M. 2003. Early and Middle Pleistocene environments and hominid biogeography: micromammalian evidence from Kabwe, Mumbwa Caves and Twin Rivers in central Zambia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 189: 55–69.
• Avery, D.M. 2019. A fossil history of southern African land mammals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Avery, D.M. & Avery, G. Micromammals in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, past and present. African Natural History 7: 9 39.
• Avery, D.M., Avery, G. & Palmer, N.G. 2005. Micromammalian distribution and abundance in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, as evidenced by Barn owls Tyto alba (Scopoli). Journal of Natural History 39: 2047–2071.
• Avery, D.M., Stratford, D.J. & Sénégas, F. Micromammals and the formation of the Name Chamber at Sterkfontein, South Africa. Geobios 43(4): 379-387.
• Chazan, M., Avery, D.M., Bamford, M.K., Berna, F., Brink, J., Fernandez-Jalvo, Y., Goldberg, P., Holt, S., Matmon, A., Porat, N., Ron, H., Rossouw, L., Scott, L., Kolska Horwitz, L. The Oldowan horizon in Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa): Archaeological, geological, paleontological and paleoclimatic evidence. Journal of Human Evolution 63: 859 866.
• Faith, J.T., Chase, B.M. & Avery, D.M. 2019. Late Quaternary micromammals and the precipitation history of the southern Cape, South Africa. Quaternary Research 91(2): 848-860.
• Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. & Avery, D.M. 2015. Pleistocene micromammals and their predators at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa. African Archaeological Review 32(4): 751–791.
• Avery, D.M. 2001. The Plio-Pleistocene vegetation and climate of Sterkfontein and Swartkrans, South Africa, based on micromammals. Journal of Human Evolution 41: 113–132.
• Avery, D.M. 2003. Early and Middle Pleistocene environments and hominid biogeography: micromammalian evidence from Kabwe, Mumbwa Caves and Twin Rivers in central Zambia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 189: 55–69.
• Avery, D.M. 2019. A fossil history of southern African land mammals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Avery, D.M. & Avery, G. Micromammals in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, past and present. African Natural History 7: 9 39.
• Avery, D.M., Avery, G. & Palmer, N.G. 2005. Micromammalian distribution and abundance in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, as evidenced by Barn owls Tyto alba (Scopoli). Journal of Natural History 39: 2047–2071.
• Avery, D.M., Stratford, D.J. & Sénégas, F. Micromammals and the formation of the Name Chamber at Sterkfontein, South Africa. Geobios 43(4): 379-387.
• Chazan, M., Avery, D.M., Bamford, M.K., Berna, F., Brink, J., Fernandez-Jalvo, Y., Goldberg, P., Holt, S., Matmon, A., Porat, N., Ron, H., Rossouw, L., Scott, L., Kolska Horwitz, L. The Oldowan horizon in Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa): Archaeological, geological, paleontological and paleoclimatic evidence. Journal of Human Evolution 63: 859 866.
• Faith, J.T., Chase, B.M. & Avery, D.M. 2019. Late Quaternary micromammals and the precipitation history of the southern Cape, South Africa. Quaternary Research 91(2): 848-860.
• Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. & Avery, D.M. 2015. Pleistocene micromammals and their predators at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa. African Archaeological Review 32(4): 751–791.