Late Stone Age variability in the Main Ethiopian Rift: New data from the Bulbula River, Ziway-Shala basin

Quaternary International

Volumn 343, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-68

  Ménard, Clément ^a   Bon, François ^a   Dessie, Asamerew ^b   Bruxelles, Laurent ^a,c,d   Douze, Katja ^c,e   Fauvelle, François Xavier ^a   Khalidi, Lamya ^f   Lesur, Joséphine ^g   Mensan, Romain ^a  

^a Maison de la Recherche   (France)

^b Authority for the Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d INRAP Méditerranée ^*  (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^f University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

^g MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Horn of Africa; Late Stone Age; Lithic technology; Main Ethiopian Rift; Middle Stone Age

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; STONE AGE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOOL USE;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; HORN OF AFRICA;

EID: 84906793799     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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