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dc.contributor.authorMasojć, Mirosław
dc.contributor.authorKim, Ju Yong
dc.contributor.authorKrupa-Kurzynowska, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorSohn, Young Kwan
dc.contributor.authorEhlert, Maciej
dc.contributor.authorMichalec, Grzegorz
dc.contributor.authorCendrowska, Marzena
dc.contributor.authorAndrieux, Eric
dc.contributor.authorArmitage, Simon James
dc.contributor.authorSzmit, Marcin
dc.contributor.authorDreczko, Ewa
dc.contributor.authorKim, Jin Cheul
dc.contributor.authorKim, Ji Sung
dc.contributor.authorLee, Gwang-Soo
dc.contributor.authorMoska, Piotr
dc.contributor.authorJadain, Modather Abdalla
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-04T10:19:54Z
dc.date.available2022-02-04T10:19:54Z
dc.date.created2022-01-19T12:57:23Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2977123
dc.description.abstractAlthough essential for reconstructing hominin behaviour during the Early Palaeolithic, only a handful of Acheulean sites have been dated in the Eastern Sahara region. This is due to the scarcity of sites for this time period and the lack of datable material. However, recent excavations in the Atbara region (Sudan) have provided unique opportunities to analyse and date Acheulean stone tools. We report here on EDAR 7, part of a cluster of Acheulean and Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites that were recently discovered in the Eastern Desert Atbara River (EDAR) region, located in the Eastern Desert (Sudan) far from the Nile valley. At EDAR 7, a 3.5 metre sedimentary sequence was excavated, allowing an Acheulean assemblage to be investigated using a combination of sedimentology, stone tool studies and optically stimulated luminescence dating (OSL). The site has delivered a complete Acheulean knapping chaine opératoire, providing new information about the Saharan Acheulean. The EDAR 7 site is interpreted as a remnant of a campsite based on the co-occurrence of two reduction modes: one geared towards the production of Large Cutting Tools (LCTs), and the other based on the flaking of small debitage and production of flake tools. Particularly notable in the EDAR 7 assemblage is the abundance of cleavers, most of which display evidence of flake production. Implementation of giant Kombewa flakes was also observed. A geometric morphometric analysis of hand-axes was conducted to verify a possible Late Acheulean assemblage standardisation in the Nubian Sahara. In addition, the analysis of micro-traces and wear on the artefacts has provided information on the use history of the Acheulean stone tools. Sediment analyses and OSL dating show that the EDAR 7 sequence contains the oldest Acheulean encampment remains in the Eastern Sahara, dated to the MIS 11 or earlier. This confirms that Homo erectus occupied the EDAR region during Middle Pleistocene humid periods, and demonstrates that habitable corridors existed between the Ethiopian Highlands, the Nile and the Red Sea coast, allowing population dispersals across the continent and out of it.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleThe oldest Homo erectus buried lithic horizon from the Eastern Saharan Africa. EDAR 7 - an Acheulean assemblage with Kombewa method from the Eastern Desert, Sudanen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 Masojć et al.en_US
dc.source.articlenumbere0248279en_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0248279
dc.identifier.cristin1984701
dc.source.journalPLOS ONEen_US
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 262618en_US
dc.identifier.citationPLOS ONE. 2021, 16 (3), e0248279.en_US
dc.source.volume16en_US
dc.source.issue3en_US


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