Spatial behaviours of Early Oldowan toolmakers in the Shungura Formation (Lower Omo Valley,Ethiopia): Proposal for an integrated approach |
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Institution: | 1. Université de Bordeaux, UMR 5199 PACEA, bâtiment B8, allée Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023, 33615 Pessac cedex, France;2. Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, 1, Jan Smits Avenue, Braamfontein 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa;3. Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7262, UFR SFA, bâtiment B35, TSA 51106, 6, rue Michel-Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France;4. Centre français des études éthiopiennes/French Centre for Ethiopian Studies, CNRS USR 3137, Ambassade de France en Éthiopie, P.O. Box, 5554 Addis Abeba, Ethiopia |
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Abstract: | The spatial relationships of the Early Oldowan toolmakers with their environment have been so far addressed through raw material procurement analyses and the characterization of hominid habitat. This paper proposes to integrate these two approaches into a broader spatial analysis encompassing archaeological and environmental data (palaeontological, geological and isotopic data) from Member F and lower Member G of the Shungura Formation (Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia). Heterogeneity in data resolution induces a multiscale approach with three levels of analysis. The level of occurrence complex allows focusing on the characterization of archaeological occurrences and on their environmental settings. The level of “study area” allows working on hominid habitats and on their raw material procurement behaviours. Finally, at the Shungura Formation scale, we can address temporal issues related to the evolution of spatial behaviours between Member F and the lower part of Member G, ca. 2.3 to 2 million years (Ma). |
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Keywords: | Early Oldowan Spatial behaviours Environment Stone tools Eastern Africa Lower Pleistocene Shungura Formation Oldowayen ancien Comportements spatiaux Environnement Outils en pierre Afrique de l’Est Pléistocène inférieur Formation de Shungura |
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