Effects of distance from stone source on landscape-scale variation in Oldowan artifact assemblages in the Paleo-Olduvai Basin,Tanzania |
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| Authors: | Robert J Blumenschine Fidelis T Masao Joanne C Tactikos James I Ebert |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, 131 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414, USA;2. Archaeology Unit, Department of History, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;3. Archaeological Consulting Services 424 W Broadway Road Tempe, AZ 85282, USA;4. Ebert & Associates, 3700 Rio Grande Blvd. N.W. Suite 3, Albuquerque, NM 87107, USA |
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| Abstract: | Ongoing excavations at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, reveal tremendous variability among stone artifact assemblages across the Plio-Pleistocene Olduvai Lake Basin during Bed I and lower Bed II times. Theoretically, stone artifact traces of Oldowan hominin land use are determined by the distribution of larger mammal carcasses and arboreal refuge from predation as well as proximity to stone material sources. |
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| Keywords: | Oldowan Olduvai Gorge Stone artifacts Distance-decay Material transport Hominin land use |
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