EAN: 9783319759838

THE EMERGENCE OF THE ACHEULEAN IN EAST AFRICA A...

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.

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