The Emergence of the Acheulean in East Africa and Beyond

Contributions in Honor of Jean Chavaillon

Rosalia Gallotti, Margherita Mussi (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XVII, 242 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-75983-8 (ISBN)

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This edited volume presents current archaeological research and data from the major early Acheulean sites in East Africa, and addresses three main areas of focus; 1) the tempo and mode of technological changes that led to the emergence of the Acheulean in East Africa; 2) new approaches to lithic collections, including lithic technology analyses; and 3) the debated coexistence of the Developed Oldowan and the early Acheulean. The chapters are the proceedings from the workshop titled "The Emergence of the Acheulean in East Africa", held at University of Rome "La Sapienza" on September 12-13, 2013. The aim of the workshop was to bring together researchers currently working in this field in East Africa, in order to define the characteristics and the evolution of the early Acheulean. The volume was expanded with some chapters on the preceding Oldowan, on the African fauna and on paleovegetation, on the Acheulean in Asia and, eventually, on the Acheulean in Europe.
The book is addressed to the scientific community, and will be of interest to researchers, graduate students, archaeologists, paleontologists, and paleoanthropologists.
This volume is dedicated to the memory of Jean Chavaillon (March 25, 1925 - December 21, 2013), the leading archaeologist and Quaternary geologist who researched with unfailing enthusiasm the earliest human cultures and directed from 1965 to 1995 the French Archaeological Mission at Melka Kunture.

Dr. Margherita Mussi is an Associate Professor at the Università di Roma La Sapienza. She is also a teaching member of the Postdoctoral Programme in Archaeology, Università di Roma LaSapienza. Her research interests include (a) The Palaeolithic peopling of Italy (mainland and islands), (b) Palaeolithic burials and art, and (c) human evolution in the Horn of Africa. Dr. Rosalia Gallotti is a palaeolithic archaeologist primarily interested in (a) origin and evolution of the earliest hominin technical productions; and (b) development of computer assisted techniques for better documenting excavation and performing spatial analysis to analyse site formation processes. She is a researcher at the Université Bordeaux in France.

Chapter 1-The emergence of the Acheulean in East Africa: historical perspectives and current issues. Chapter 2-Before the Acheulean in East Africa: an overview of the Oldowan lithic assemblages. Chapter 3-Technological assets for the emergence of the Acheulean? Reflections on the Kokiselei 4 lithic assemblage and its place in the archaeological context of West Turkana, Kenya. Chapter 4-Before, during, and after the early Acheulean at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopia): A techno-economic comparative analysis. Chapter 5-Variability in the mountain environment at Melka Kunture archaeological site, Ethiopia, during the Early Pleistocene (~ 1.7 Ma) and the Mid-Pleistocene transition (0.9-0.6Ma). Chapter 6-The early Acheulean ~1.6-1.5 Ma from Gona, Ethiopia: Issues on the emergence of the Acheulean in Africa. Chapter 7-The East African early Acheulean of Peninj (Lake Natron, Tanzania). Chapter 8-Bifacial shaping at the TK Acheulean site (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): New excavations 50 years after. Chapter 9-Faunal Change in Eastern Africa at the Oldowan - Acheulean Transition. Chapter 10-The Acheulean assemblages of Asia: a review. Chapter 11-From 800 to 500 ka in Europe: The oldest evidence of Acheuleans in their technological, chronological and geographical framework.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.09.2018
Reihe/Serie	Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 242 p. 110 illus., 42 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 279 mm
Gewicht	891 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
Schlagworte	Dispersal phenomena • Early Middle Pleistocene (Acheulian) • early pleistocene hominins • East Africa • ethiopian highlands • hominin adaptation • Lake Natron • Lithic technology • mammalian assemblage • Melka Kunture • mountain forest history • Oldowan • Oldowan-Acheulean transition • Paleoanthropology • Paleoenvironment • Prehistoric technological changes
ISBN-10	3-319-75983-3 / 3319759833
ISBN-13	978-3-319-75983-8 / 9783319759838
Zustand	Neuware