Publicación: The Dorothy Garrod Site: a new Middle Stone Age locality in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
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2022-08-18
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Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) is a key site for the study of human evolution as well as the origin of modern humans and the Middle Stone Age (MSA). In this study, we present a new MSA location named Dorothy Garrod Site (DGS), found in the main branch of Olduvai Gorge. The site has only one archaeological level, located stratigraphically in the Upper Ndutu. Although it has not yet been possible to radiometrically date it, it has yielded numerous archaeological remains with a functional association between the faunal remains and the lithic industry. The fauna identified includes Alcelaphini, Hippotragini, and Equidae, some of which present percussion marks and evidence of burning. The lithic industry involved knapping using discoid methods. The retouched blanks are denticulates and retouched flakes with, up to now, a total absence of points. DGS is therefore a new site that will aid our understanding of modern human occupations in northern Tanzania in a period for which there is a dearth of properly contextualised archaeological evidence.
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The registered version of this article, first published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, is available online at the publisher's website: Springer Nature, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01644-w
La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Springer Nature, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01644-w
La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Springer Nature, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01644-w
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middle stone age, lithic, fauna, Olduvai, Tanzania
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Maíllo-Fernández, J.M., Marín, J., Martín-Perea, D.M. et al. The Dorothy Garrod Site: a new Middle Stone Age locality in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 14, 177 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01644-w
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Facultades y escuelas::Facultad de Geografía e Historia
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Prehistoria y Arqueología