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Taphonomic interpretation of the Developed Oldowan site of Garba IV (Melka Kunture, Ethiopia) through a GIS application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Andrea D'Andrea ,
Rosalia Gallotti  and
Marcello Piperno
Andrea D'Andrea
Affiliation:
Centro Interdipartimentale di Servizio di Archeologia, Istituto Universitario Orientale, Vicoletto I, Santa Maria ad Agnone 8, 80139 Naples, Italy, [email protected]
Rosalia Gallotti
Affiliation:
Italian Archaeological Mission Melka Kunture, Largo T.B. Barra 4, 71022 Ascoli Satriano (FG), Italy, [email protected]
Marcello Piperno
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Archeologiche e Antropologiche dell'Antichità, Università, di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale A. Moro 5, Rome, Italy, [email protected]
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Abstract

A GIS intra-site application for the taphonomic interpretation of the Developed Oldowan site of Garba IV (Melka Kunture, Ethiopia) allowed the automatic data processing of more than 12,000 lithic artefacts and faunal remains lying on a 100-sq. m excavated palaeosurface dating to about 1,500,000 years ago.

Keywords

Melka KuntureOldowanGIStaphonomy
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Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 294 , December 2002 , pp. 991 - 1001
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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