What comes after the Developed Oldowan B debate? Techno-economic data from SHK main site (Middle Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
| Autor: | Isabel Díaz, Fernando Diez-Martín, Enrique Baquedano, Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Audax Mabulla, Policarpo Sánchez-Yustos, Cristina Fraile, David Uribelarrea |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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010506 paleontology
biology Cultural tradition Olduvai Gorge Techno economic Excavation 010502 geochemistry & geophysics biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Archaeology Tanzania Geography Assemblage (archaeology) Acheulean Oldowan 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes |
| Zdroj: | Quaternary International. 526:67-76 |
| ISSN: | 1040-6182 |
| Popis: | The Oldowan-Acheulean transition shows remarkable variability in Olduvai Bed II. To explain this, M. Leakey formulated a cultural model whose most distinctive contribution was the introduction of two cultural traditions (Developed Oldowan A and B) between the Oldowan and the Acheulean. This model has been discussed for the last fifty years, giving rise to the “Developed Oldowan B debate”. SHK is one of the very few sites that M. Leakey employed to characterize this cultural tradition. We present here a techno-economic analysis of the lithic assemblage recovered in a current excavation at this site that positively provides evidence of structured and complex techno-economic behavior. The results are consistent with the current and uncontested consensus about the Acheulean nature of the Developed Oldowan B. These results may also fuel a newly established debate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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