The most recent excavations carried out at the Thiongo Korongo (TK) site, in the upper part
of Olduvai Bed II and dating from about 1.353±0.035 Ma, have made it possible to identify a …

Abstract The phrase “Developed Oldowan”(DO) was originally coined by M. Leakey to
describe a technologically “advanced Oldowan” artifact tradition, that preceded the …

Abstract In 2009, Hovers and Braun published in Springer's Vertebrate Paleobiology and
Paleoanthropology Series the volume “Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Oldowan,” …

The current archaeological data on early hominin subsistence activities in Africa are derived
chiefly from Sub-Saharan Plio-Pleistocene sites. The recent studies at El-Kherba (Ain …

New archaeological investigations have been carried out at the Oldowan site of Ain Hanech
in northeast Algeria. The archaeological horizons are delineated and positioned relative to …

At TK, 113 m 2 were excavated in 2010–2012 in the two areas immediately adjacent to the
trenches dug by M. Leakey in 1963. Extensive lithic and faunal assemblages were retrieved …

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 …

To understand the identity of the early Acheulean, it is necessary to discriminate between
the variables that influenced the selection of technological strategies. Functionality of the …

This paper explores the theoretical and methodological backgrounds that sustain the current
knowledge of early East African technologies. The typological approach dominated lithic …

1.1. Background Our current understanding of early human settlements in North Africa relies
on a few well-contextualized Oldowan and Acheulean sites (eg, Ain Hanech, El Kherba, Ain …