Sourcing Oldowan and Acheulean stone tools in Eastern Africa: Aims, methods, challenges, and state of knowledge

Sourcing Oldowan and Acheulean stone tools in Eastern Africa: Aims, methods, challenges, and state of knowledge

Eastern Africa's Plio-Pleistocene palaeoanthropological record has shaped our understanding of human biological and cultural evolution. Over the years, raw material sourcing has emerged as an important research topic in lithic analysis as it can allow for the identification of resource extracti...

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Main Author:	Julien Favreau
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:	Quaternary Science Advances
Subjects:	Oldowan Acheulean Raw material Sourcing Provenance Eastern Africa
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033422000211

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