Fernando Diez-Martín
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 74279 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Fernando Diez-Martín |
| PRENOMES | Fernando |
| SOBRENOME | Diez-Martín |
| ASSINATURA | DIEZ-MARTÍN F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Universidad de Valladolid |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7284-362X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 52 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 794 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 52 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2002 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 15 |
Large Tool Production Sequences in FLK West (Lower Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Large cutting tools from SHK (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Reconstructing early human behavior through the lithic technology of DS
Conclusions
On time scales and “synchronic” variability in the archaeology of human origins
Toolstone characterization, description, morphometrics, and microwear of a lithic sample from Uptar, Magadan Oblast, Northeastern Siberia, Russia
The crystalline quartz-rich raw material from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
The major raw material documented in the archeological sites of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) is a geological material with crystalline appearance, white or colorless, foliated or seemingly massive only at the outcrop scale, with a very high quartz-rich composition, and apparently of metamorphic origin, named by us in this paper: Crystalline Quartz-rich Raw Material (CQRM). Since the early days of research in Olduvai Gorge, a long-lasting terminologic…
Searching for intra-site spatial patterns in the African Early Acheulean
The evolution of stone tool technology at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
Facing the palimpsest conundrum
En busca del primer Homo
Los yacimientos de la Garganta de Olduvai (Tanzania) constituyen un enclave único para el estudio de los primeros representantes del género Homo. La buena preservación de estos yacimientos y la cantidad de fósiles hallados en ellos posibilita que se sigan desarrollando excavaciones arqueológicas en este lugar. El equipo de investigación The Olduvai Paleoanthropology and Paleoecology Project (TOPPP), que trabaja en estos yacimientos desde 2006, pr…
Current Evidence Supports Welling as an Outcrop-Related Base Camp
Seeman, Morris, and Summers misrepresent or misunderstand the arguments we have made, as well as their own previous work. Here, we correct these inaccuracies. We also reiterate our support for hypothesis-driven and evidence-based research
Was Welling, Ohio (33-Co-2), a Clovis Basecamp or Lithic Workshop? Employing Experimental Models to Interpret Old Collections
Archaeological collections are foundational to the discipline. Yet, researchers who study curated assemblages can face challenges. Here, we show how experimental archaeology can play a vital role in the interpretation of old archaeological collections. The Welling site, in Coshocton County, Ohio, is a multicomponent, stratified site with a substantial Clovis component in its lower levels. Using experimental flaked stone replication, we create an …
A geoarchaeological reassessment of the co-occurrence of the oldest Acheulean and Oldowan in a fluvial ecotone from lower middle Bed II (1.7ma) at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
What comes after the Developed Oldowan B debate? Techno-economic data from SHK main site (Middle Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
A faltering origin for the Acheulean? Technological and cognitive implications from FLK West (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
The East African Early Acheulean of Peninj (Lake Natron, Tanzania)
Techno-economic human behavior in a context of recurrent megafaunal exploitation at 1.3 Ma. Evidence from BK4b (Upper Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
The Origin of The Acheulean
The appearance of the Acheulean is one of the hallmarks of human evolution. It represents the emergence of a complex behavior, expressed in the recurrent manufacture of large-sized tools, with standardized forms, implying more advance forethought and planning by hominins than those required by the precedent Oldowan technology. The earliest known evidence of this technology dates back to c . 1.7 Ma. and is limited to two sites (Kokiselei [Kenya] a…
Production and use of percussive stone tools in the Early Stone Age
New archaeological and geological research at SHK main site (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
The evolution of hominin behavior during the Oldowan–Acheulean transition
Reassessment of the Early Acheulean at EN1-Noolchalai (Ancient RHS-Mugulud) in Peninj (Lake Natron, Tanzania)
Autochthonous anisotropy of archaeological materials by the action of water
Early Acheulean technology at Es2-Lepolosi (ancient MHS-Bayasi) in Peninj (Lake Natron, Tanzania)
On meat eating and human evolution
An Experimental Study of Bipolar and Freehand Knapping of Naibor Soit Quartz from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
Recent excavations carried out in several Bed I and Bed II sites have shown that hominins at Olduvai Gorge used both bipolar and freehand knapping methods for quartz reduction. Due to the petrographic nature of quartz and to its heterogeneous response to fracture, the identification of bipolar knapping at any given site can be ambiguous and controversial. This work aims to overcome this problem by developing an experimental referential framework …
Unraveling hominin behavior at another anthropogenic site from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
An empirical test of the relative frequency of bipolar reduction in Beds VI, V, and III at Mumba Rockshelter, Tanzania
Taphonomy of ungulate ribs and the consumption of meat and bone by 1.2-million-year-old hominins at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
New excavations at Mumba Rockshelter, Tanzania
Mumba Rockshelter in northern Tanzania presents one of the richest and most complete archaeological sequences in East Africa for the Middle Stone Age through the Iron Age. Past excavations of the shelter revealed an extremely rich lithic and faunal assemblage, but were problematic, either because of poor excavation and recording methods (in the 1930s), or because the materials were never fully studied (in the 1979/1981 excavations). In both cases…
Autochthonous anisotropy of archaeological materials by the action of water
Production and use of percussive stone tools in the Early Stone Age
Study of the SHK Main Site faunal assemblage, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Autochthony and orientation patterns in Olduvai Bed I
Early Acheulean technology at Es2-Lepolosi (ancient MHS-Bayasi) in Peninj (Lake Natron, Tanzania)
A new archaic Homo sapiens fossil from Lake Eyasi, Tanzania
A faltering origin for the Acheulean? Technological and cognitive implications from FLK West (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
The evolution of hominin behavior during the Oldowan–Acheulean transition
Earlier Palaeolithic Settlement Patterns
What comes after the Developed Oldowan B debate? Techno-economic data from SHK main site (Middle Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Reassessment of the Early Acheulean at EN1-Noolchalai (Ancient RHS-Mugulud) in Peninj (Lake Natron, Tanzania)
Was Welling, Ohio (33-Co-2), a Clovis Basecamp or Lithic Workshop? Employing Experimental Models to Interpret Old Collections
Archaeological collections are foundational to the discipline. Yet, researchers who study curated assemblages can face challenges. Here, we show how experimental archaeology can play a vital role in the interpretation of old archaeological collections. The Welling site, in Coshocton County, Ohio, is a multicomponent, stratified site with a substantial Clovis component in its lower levels. Using experimental flaked stone replication, we create an …
Facing the palimpsest conundrum
The archaeology of the Middle Pleistocene deposits of Lake Eyasi, Tanzania
Ongoing archaeological research at North Lake Eyasi has produced a wealth of information, including a new hominid fossil and several archaeological sites dating to the end of the Middle Pleistocene. One of the sites (WB9) has been excavated and has produced evidence of multiple processes in its formation, including evidence of functional associations of stone tools and faunal remains which are scarce for this time period. The stone tool industry …
The crystalline quartz-rich raw material from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
The major raw material documented in the archeological sites of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) is a geological material with crystalline appearance, white or colorless, foliated or seemingly massive only at the outcrop scale, with a very high quartz-rich composition, and apparently of metamorphic origin, named by us in this paper: Crystalline Quartz-rich Raw Material (CQRM). Since the early days of research in Olduvai Gorge, a long-lasting terminologic…
Searching for intra-site spatial patterns in the African Early Acheulean
Evaluating the effect of plowing on the archaeological record
La aplicación de los "modos tecnológicos" en el análisis de las industrias paleolíticas
A critical analysis is presented in this paper on the contributions and limits related to Grahame Clark' s technological Modes model for the study of the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic. The need of its redefinition is pointed out and some new perspectives are proposed
On time scales and “synchronic” variability in the archaeology of human origins
Revisión del Modo 1 europeo
Los conceptos de producción y configuración son utilizados para caracterizar técnicamente los conjuntos líticos del Pleistoceno inferior y medio europeo sin bifaces, mostrando que la mayor parte de estos yacimientos, datados con posterioridad a los 500 Ka., forman parte integrante del Modo 2. También se analizan y discuten los factores de variabilidad que pueden asociarse a los conjuntos con tecnología del Modo 1 que aún se observan en el registr…
La aplicación de los "modos tecnológicos" en el análisis de las industrias paleolíticas
A critical analysis is presented in this paper on the contributions and limits related to Grahame Clark' s technological Modes model for the study of the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic. The need of its redefinition is pointed out and some new perspectives are proposed
The archaeology of the Middle Pleistocene deposits of Lake Eyasi, Tanzania
Ongoing archaeological research at North Lake Eyasi has produced a wealth of information, including a new hominid fossil and several archaeological sites dating to the end of the Middle Pleistocene. One of the sites (WB9) has been excavated and has produced evidence of multiple processes in its formation, including evidence of functional associations of stone tools and faunal remains which are scarce for this time period. The stone tool industry …
New excavations at Mumba Rockshelter, Tanzania
Mumba Rockshelter in northern Tanzania presents one of the richest and most complete archaeological sequences in East Africa for the Middle Stone Age through the Iron Age. Past excavations of the shelter revealed an extremely rich lithic and faunal assemblage, but were problematic, either because of poor excavation and recording methods (in the 1930s), or because the materials were never fully studied (in the 1979/1981 excavations). In both cases…
Earlier Palaeolithic Settlement Patterns
A new archaic Homo sapiens fossil from Lake Eyasi, Tanzania
The Middle to Later Stone Age Technological Transition in East Africa. New Data from Mumba Rockshelter Bed V (Tanzania) and their Implications for the Origin of Modern Human Behavior
Recent re-excavation of Mumba Rockshelter unearthed an unbiased lithic sample from Bed V. Technological analysis has permitted a reinterpretation of the so-called Mumba Industry, a transitional industry between Middle and Later Stone Ages originally defined by Mehlman (1989). Our data confirm Mehlman’s observation that the “evolutionary” markers in Mumba Bed V are basically typological. However, our study differs from his in that we classify all …
Were Olduvai Hominins making butchering tools or battering tools? Analysis of a recently excavated lithic assemblage from BK (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Evaluating the effect of plowing on the archaeological record
Unraveling hominin behavior at another anthropogenic site from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
New insights into hominin lithic activities at FLK North Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Recent work at FLK North (FLK N) has unearthed a new archaeological assemblage recovered with precise control of its stratigraphic position. In the present work, the technological study of the new lithic sample is described. The results show the co-occurrence in the same site of different technological behaviors. At FLK N, hominins were involved in both percussion/battering activities and through freehand and bipolar knapping, in core reduction. …
Paleoenvironmental and paleoecological reconstruction of a freshwater oasis in savannah grassland at FLK North, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
The records of early hominins are commonly localized both temporally and spatially even in archaeologically rich basins like Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. The FLK North site was discovered in 1960, but the reason for the exact location of this dense concentration of fossils and stone tools on a lake-margin flat has not been explained. We present new geological and geochemical information from six excavations in upper Bed I, which revealed up to 1.4-m-…
A spring and wooded habitat at FLK Zinj and their relevance to origins of human behavior
The 1959 discovery of the hominin fossil Zinjanthropus boisei brought the world's attention to the rich records at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Subsequent excavations of archaeological level 22 (FLK Zinj) Bed I uncovered remains of Homo habilis and a high-density collection of fossils and Oldowan stone tools. The occurrence of this unusual collection of bones and tools at this specific location has been controversial for decades. We present paleoecol…
Disentangling hominin and carnivore activities near a spring at FLK North (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
FLK North is one of the densest concentrations of fossils found in Olduvai Gorge. A recent taphonomic re-evaluation of the collection excavated by Leakey at the site suggests that it was a palimpsest in which most of the animals were accumulated and modified by carnivores. The lithic tools therefore seem to have an independent depositional history from most of the fauna. The present study, based on new excavations, expands the evidence supporting…
New excavations at the FLK Zinjanthropus site and its surrounding landscape and their behavioral implications
Renewed excavations at FLK Zinj and its surrounding landscape have yielded valuable information regarding its paleoecological situation and the prehistoric behavioral function of the site. The density of materials at the main cluster of the site excavated by Leakey contrasts with the bone and lithic scatters surrounding the site. The location of FLK Zinj, situated a few hundred meters away from a freshwater spring, would have enabled hominins acc…
Was FLK North levels 1–2 a classic “living floor” of Oldowan hominins or a taphonomically complex palimpsest dominated by large carnivore feeding behavior?
From excavation at FLK North levels 1–2 in 1960–1962, Mary Leakey reported approximately 1200 Oldowan artifacts and 3300 large mammal fossils as a hominin “living floor”. Preliminary taphonomic analysis by Bunn seemed supportive, based on the presence of some cut-marked bones, the concentration of several dozen bovid individuals, and the relative abundance of limbs and mandibles over other axial elements. Recent taphonomic analysis of Leakey's en…
Promise and pitfalls for characterizing and correlating the zeolitically altered tephra of the Pleistocene Peninj Group, Tanzania
The Pleistocene Humbu and Moinik formations of the Peninj Group in northern Tanzania preserve an important archaeological and paleontological record, in addition to a record of local volcanism in the form of tephra and lavas. Samples of the major Humbu and Moinik formations' basaltic and trachytic tephra were collected and characterized using phenocryst composition and both primary and authigenic mineral assemblage, since the volcanic glass was c…
Estrategias de talla en Cueva Corazón (Mave, Palencia). Un yacimiento del Musteriense Antiguo en las estribaciones meridionales de la Cordillera Cantábrica
Este artículo estudia el registro lítico de Cueva Corazón en el marco de un proyecto de investigación iniciado en 2005. Hemos detectado una variedad y alargamiento de cadenas operativas líticas, frecuentemente fragmentadas, y una elevada estandarización tecnológica asociada a elaboradas estrategias de captación de materias primas de buena calidad. Este hecho permite inferir una complejidad de las redes territoriales y sociales. Por otro lado, su …
An Experimental Study of Bipolar and Freehand Knapping of Naibor Soit Quartz from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
Recent excavations carried out in several Bed I and Bed II sites have shown that hominins at Olduvai Gorge used both bipolar and freehand knapping methods for quartz reduction. Due to the petrographic nature of quartz and to its heterogeneous response to fracture, the identification of bipolar knapping at any given site can be ambiguous and controversial. This work aims to overcome this problem by developing an experimental referential framework …
The Early Acheulean inAfrica
Testing cognitive skills in Early Pleistocene hominins
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Stone Tools and Fossil Bones
The stone tools and fossil bones from the earliest archaeological sites in Africa have been used over the past fifty years to create models that interpret how early hominins lived, foraged, behaved and communicated and how early and modern humans evolved. In this book, an international team of archaeologists and primatologists examines early Stone Age tools and bones and uses scientific methods to test alternative hypotheses that explain the arch…
Autochthony and orientation patterns in Olduvai Bed I
An empirical test of the relative frequency of bipolar reduction in Beds VI, V, and III at Mumba Rockshelter, Tanzania
Taphonomy of ungulate ribs and the consumption of meat and bone by 1.2-million-year-old hominins at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
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