The origin of the Acheulean. Techno-functional study of the FLK W lithic record (Olduvai, Tanzania).

The origin of the Acheulean. Techno-functional study of the FLK W lithic record (Olduvai, Tanzania).

The Acheulean materials documented in FLK West dated c. 1.7 Ma. are the focus of the present work. An original techno-functional approach is applied here to analyze the origin of Acheulean tools. According to the results, these tools were employed in different functional contexts in which tasks of d...

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Main Authors: Policarpo Sánchez-Yustos, Fernando Diez-Martín, Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Javier Duque, Cristina Fraile, Isabel Díaz, Sara de Francisco, Enrique Baquedano, Audax Mabulla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5540295?pdf=render

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