The fauna and associated artefacts from the Lower Pleistocene site of Mansourah (Constantine, Algeria) |
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Authors: | Yasmina Chaid-Saoudi Denis Geraads Jean-Paul Raynal |
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Affiliation: | aInstitut d'archéologie, université d'Alger, 4, rue Didouche-Mourad, Alger 16000, Algeria;bDynamique de l'évolution humaine, CNRS UPR 2147, 44, rue de l'Amiral-Mouchez, 75014 Paris, France;cCNRS, UMR 5199 PACEA, IPGQ, université Bordeaux-1, bât. de géologie, av. des facultés, 33405 Talence cedex, France |
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Abstract: | The site of Mansourah (Constantine, Algeria) had yielded to the early authors, and more recently to the late G. Laplace, a lithic industry associated with a fauna of large Mammals, which looks contemporaneous with that of Aïn Hanech, although it is well-distinct ecologically, and might even be slightly older. The lithic assemblage is completely devoid of any bifacial artefact or cleaver and can only be referred to the Oldowan. Thus, the Mansourah site documents a very early human occupation of North Africa, and perhaps one of the earliest. To cite this article: Y. Chaid-Saoudi et al., C. R. Palevol 5 (2006). |
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Keywords: | North Africa Algeria Oldowan Mammalian fauna Lower Pleistocene Early HomoMots clé s: Afrique du Nord Algé rie Oldowayen Faune de Mammifè res Plé istocè ne infé rieur Premiers Homo |
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