Schepers, Christian ORCID: 0000-0002-2515-9187, Lesur, Josephine and Vogelsang, Ralf (2020). Hunter-gatherers of the high-altitude Afromontane forest - the Holocene occupation of Mount Dendi, Ethiopia. Azania, 55 (3). S. 329 - 360. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1945-5534

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Abstract

Dendi Lake Rockshelter is situated about 100 km west of Addis Ababa on the west-central part of the Ethiopian Plateau in the Ginchi woreda of Ethiopia's Oromiya regional state. In October 2012, a team from the University of Cologne excavated a test-trench that revealed four archaeological complexes that could clearly be distinguished on a typological basis as well as by radiocarbon dates. This article focuses on the lithic artefacts recovered from the excavation and specifically the microliths that are one of the main characteristics of the Later Stone Age. Their high variability in this assemblage is a common feature of contemporaneous sites in the Horn of Africa. The rockshelter is situated in a high-altitude Afromontane forest and was most probably used for short-term stays by groups of hunters.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Schepers, ChristianUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-2515-9187UNSPECIFIED
Lesur, JosephineUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Vogelsang, RalfUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-325834
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2020.1792709
Journal or Publication Title: Azania
Volume: 55
Number: 3
Page Range: S. 329 - 360
Date: 2020
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication: ABINGDON
ISSN: 1945-5534
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
LATER STONE-AGE; SOUTHEASTERN ETHIOPIA; HOWIESONS-POORT; SOUTHERN AFAR; GODA BUTICHA; MIDDLE; INSELBERGS; HIGHLANDS; SITES; TRANSITIONMultiple languages
ArchaeologyMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/32583

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