New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
This paper reports the results of renewed fieldwork at the HWK EEsite(Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). HWK EEis positioned across the boundary between Lower andMiddle Bed II, a crucialinterval for studyingthe emergence of the Acheulean at Olduvai Gorge. Our excavations at HWK EEhave produced one of the lar...
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| Publication date: | 2018 |
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| Keyword: | Tanzània Gorja d'Olduvai (Tanzània) Arqueologia del paisatge Arqueologia ambiental Tanzania Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Landscape archaeology Environmental archaeology |
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| author | Torre Sáinz, Ignacio de la |
| author2 | Albert Cristóbal, Rosa Maria Arroyo, Adrián Macphail, Richard McHenry, Lindsay J. Mora Torcal, Rafael Njau, Jackson K. Pante, Michael C. Rivera Rondón, Carlos Alberto Rodríguez Cintas, Ágata Stanistreet, Ian G. Stollhofen, Harald Wehr, Karol |
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| author_browse | Albert Cristóbal, Rosa Maria Arroyo, Adrián Macphail, Richard McHenry, Lindsay J. Mora Torcal, Rafael Njau, Jackson K. Pante, Michael C. Rivera Rondón, Carlos Alberto Rodríguez Cintas, Ágata Stanistreet, Ian G. Stollhofen, Harald Torre Sáinz, Ignacio de la Wehr, Karol |
| author_facet | Torre Sáinz, Ignacio de la Albert Cristóbal, Rosa Maria Arroyo, Adrián Macphail, Richard McHenry, Lindsay J. Mora Torcal, Rafael Njau, Jackson K. Pante, Michael C. Rivera Rondón, Carlos Alberto Rodríguez Cintas, Ágata Stanistreet, Ian G. Stollhofen, Harald Wehr, Karol |
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| description | This paper reports the results of renewed fieldwork at the HWK EEsite(Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). HWK EEis positioned across the boundary between Lower andMiddle Bed II, a crucialinterval for studyingthe emergence of the Acheulean at Olduvai Gorge. Our excavations at HWK EEhave produced one of the largest collections of fossils and artefacts from any Oldowan site, distributed across several archaeological units and a large excavation surface in four separate trenches thatcan be stratigraphically correlated. Here we present the main stratigraphic and archaeological units and discuss site formation processes.Results show a great density of fossils and stone tools vertically through two stratigraphic intervals (Lemuta and Lower Augitic Sandstone)and laterally across an area of around 300 m2, and highlight the confluence of biotic and abiotic agents in the formation of the assemblage. The large size and diversityof the assemblage, as well as its good preservation, qualify HWK EEas a reference sitefor the study of the late Oldowan at Olduvai Gorge and elsewhere in Africa. In addition, thedescriptionof the stratigraphic and archaeological sequenceof HWK EE presented in this paper constitutesthe foundation for further studies on hominin behaviour and palaeoecologyin Lower and Middle Bed II. |
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| spelling | New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Torre Sáinz, Ignacio de la Albert Cristóbal, Rosa Maria Arroyo, Adrián Macphail, Richard McHenry, Lindsay J. Mora Torcal, Rafael Njau, Jackson K. Pante, Michael C. Rivera Rondón, Carlos Alberto Rodríguez Cintas, Ágata Stanistreet, Ian G. Stollhofen, Harald Wehr, Karol Tanzània Gorja d'Olduvai (Tanzània) Arqueologia del paisatge Arqueologia ambiental Tanzania Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Landscape archaeology Environmental archaeology This paper reports the results of renewed fieldwork at the HWK EEsite(Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). HWK EEis positioned across the boundary between Lower andMiddle Bed II, a crucialinterval for studyingthe emergence of the Acheulean at Olduvai Gorge. Our excavations at HWK EEhave produced one of the largest collections of fossils and artefacts from any Oldowan site, distributed across several archaeological units and a large excavation surface in four separate trenches thatcan be stratigraphically correlated. Here we present the main stratigraphic and archaeological units and discuss site formation processes.Results show a great density of fossils and stone tools vertically through two stratigraphic intervals (Lemuta and Lower Augitic Sandstone)and laterally across an area of around 300 m2, and highlight the confluence of biotic and abiotic agents in the formation of the assemblage. The large size and diversityof the assemblage, as well as its good preservation, qualify HWK EEas a reference sitefor the study of the late Oldowan at Olduvai Gorge and elsewhere in Africa. In addition, thedescriptionof the stratigraphic and archaeological sequenceof HWK EE presented in this paper constitutesthe foundation for further studies on hominin behaviour and palaeoecologyin Lower and Middle Bed II. Elsevier B.V. https://hdl.handle.net/2445/147970 |
| spellingShingle | New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Torre Sáinz, Ignacio de la Tanzània Gorja d'Olduvai (Tanzània) Arqueologia del paisatge Arqueologia ambiental Tanzania Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Landscape archaeology Environmental archaeology |
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| title | New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
| title_full | New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
| title_short | New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
| title_sort | New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
| topic | Tanzània Gorja d'Olduvai (Tanzània) Arqueologia del paisatge Arqueologia ambiental Tanzania Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Landscape archaeology Environmental archaeology |
| topic_facet | Tanzània Gorja d'Olduvai (Tanzània) Arqueologia del paisatge Arqueologia ambiental Tanzania Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Landscape archaeology Environmental archaeology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/147970 |