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Diez-Martin, Fernando, Cobo-Sanchez, Lucia, Baddeley, Adrian, Uribelarrea, David, Mabulla, Audax, Baquedano, Enrique and Dominguez-Rodrigo, Manuel (2021). Tracing the spatial imprint of Oldowan technological behaviors: A view from DS (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). PLoS One, 16 (7). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

DS (David's site) is one of the new archaeological sites documented in the same paleolandscape in which FLK 22 was deposited at about 1.85 Ma in Olduvai Gorge. Fieldwork in DS has unearthed the largest vertically-discrete archaeological horizon in the African Pleistocene, where a multi-cluster anthropogenic accumulation of fossil bones and stone tools has been identified. In this work we present the results of the techno-economic study of the lithic assemblage recovered from DS. We also explore the spatial magnitude of the technological behaviors documented at this spot using powerful spatial statistical tools to unravel correlations between the spatial distributional patterns of lithic categories. At DS, lavas and quartzite were involved in different technological processes. Volcanic materials, probably transported to this spot from a close source, were introduced in large numbers, including unmodified materials, and used in percussion activities and in a wide variety of reduction strategies. A number of volcanic products were subject to outward fluxes to other parts of the paleolandscape. In contrast, quartzite rocks were introduced in smaller numbers and might have been subject to a significantly more intense exploitation. The intra-site spatial analysis has shown that specialized areas cannot be identified, unmodified materials are not randomly distributed, percussion and knapping categories do not spatially overlap, while bipolar specimens show some sort of spatial correlation with percussion activities.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Diez-Martin, Fernando UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cobo-Sanchez, Lucia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Baddeley, Adrian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Uribelarrea, David UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mabulla, Audax UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Baquedano, Enrique UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dominguez-Rodrigo, Manuel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-595080
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0254603
Journal or Publication Title:	PLoS One
Volume:	16
Number:	7
Date:	2021
Publisher:	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN FRANCISCO
ISSN:	1932-6203
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EARLY STONE-AGE; FLK ZINJ PALEOLANDSCAPE; ORIENTATION PATTERNS; SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES; BIPOLAR REDUCTION; EARLY HOMINIDS; KANJERA SOUTH; MELKA KUNTURE; AIN HANECH; SITE Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59508