Late Pliocene Oldowan excavations at Kanjera South, Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3337640 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas W Plummer (0000-0003-4804-1285, Queens College, CUNY), Thomas Plummer, Joseph Ferraro, Joseph V Ferraro (University of California, Los Angeles), Peter W Ditchfield (0000-0002-3081-6591, University of Bristol), Peter Ditchfield, Laura Bishop (0000-0002-0656-3969), Laura C Bishop (0000-0002-4216-8667, Liverpool John Moores University), R Potts (0000-0001-6008-0100, Smithsonian Institution) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 290 |
| Pages | 809-810 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00089365 |
| OpenAlex | W2473207716 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 6 |
The appearance of Oldowan sites c. 2.5 million years ago signals one of the most important adaptive shifts in human evolution. Large mammal u butchery, stone artefact manufacture and novel transport and discard behaviours led to the accumulation of the first recognized archaeological debris. Although the earliest instances of these behaviours are 2.5 million years ago, most of what we know about Oldowan palaeoecology and behaviour is derived from localities more than half a million years younger, particularly c. 1.8 million-year-old sites from Bed I Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania (Potts 1988). Sites from Kanjera South, Homa Peninsula, southwestern Kenya, yield dense concentrations of artefacts in association with the oldest (c. 2.2 million years) substantial sample of archaeological fauna known thus far from Africa. This study is the first to use a wide range of traditional and innovative techniques to investigate Oldowan hominin behaviour and site formation processes before 2 million years ago
Acheulean · Archaeology · Biology · Fauna · Geography · Lithic technology · Mammal · Olduvai Gorge · Peninsula · Pleistocene · Taphonomy · Ecology · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Hominid paleoecology at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania as indicated by antelope remains
Early Hominid Activities at Olduvai
Current research on the Late Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits north of Homa Mountain, southwestern Kenya
Early hominid habitat preferences in East Africa
Research on Late Pliocene Oldowan Sites at Kanjera South, Kenya
The Pleistocene locality of Kanjera, Western Kenya
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |