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Schepers, Christian ORCID: 0000-0002-2515-9187 (2019). By the Rivers of Bilate – Twisted Bifaces from Ethiopia. In: 61st Annual Meeting of the Hugo Obermaier-Society: New Perspectives on Neanderthal Behaviour, 23. - 27.04.2019, Erkrath. Poster.

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Abstract

The facial retouched obsidian tools found in the river basin exhibit a sophisticated and unique technology resulting in twisted gyro symmetrical handaxes. So far similar concepts are known only from few other Acheulean sites worldwide. The assemblage was collected in 2011 and 2012 by a team of the CRC 806 – Our Way to Europe. At that spot the altitude is approximately 1500 m a.s.l. Starting at Mount Gurage in Central Ethiopia the Bilate River and its tributaries flow through parts of the Western Highlands along the Main Ethiopian Rift. To its west lies the upper Omo Basin. Finally, it opens into Lake Abaya. Among this prominent research areas, the catchment encompasses Mount Damota with the site Mochena Borago that is very important for Ethiopia’s palaeodemography. The poster focuses on the chaîne opératoire of the Bilate artefacts.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schepers, Christian christian.schepers@uni-koeln.de orcid.org/0000-0002-2515-9187 UNSPECIFIED
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email Research team head Vogelsang, Ralf R.Vogelsang@uni-koeln.de Thesis advisor Richter, Jürgen j.richter@uni-koeln.de
Corporate Creators:	University of Cologne, Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, CRC 806 - Our Way to Europe
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-547267
DOI:	10.18716/kkk/cl19s
Date:	23 April 2019
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 2: Archäologie, Altertumskunde und Kulturen des Mittelmeerraums > Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte > Abteilung A - Ältere Steinzeit
Subjects:	History of ancient world
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Ethiopia English Acheulean English Early Stone Age English Bifaces English Reduction Sequence English Bilate English
Related URLs:	Publication
Funders:	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), Project-ID: 5744011 - SFB 806, CRC 806 "Our Way to Europe - Culture-Environment Interaction and Human Mobility in the Late Quaternary"
Projects:	Our Way to Europe - Culture-Environment Interaction and Human Mobility in the Late Quaternary
Event Type:	Conference
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Refereed:	No
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/54726