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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Fluvial deposits as an archive of early human activity
Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 26, No. 22-24, Year 2007
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River terraces are well established as an important source of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts in Europe, large collections having been assembled there during the years of manual gravel extraction. Now that many terrace sequences can be reliably dated and correlated with the oceanic record, potentially useful patterns can be recognized in the distribution of artefacts. The earliest appearance of artefacts in terrace staircases, marking the arrival of the first tool-making hominins in the region in question, is the first of several archaeological markers within fluvial sequences. The Lower to Middle Palaeolithic transition, with the appearance of Levallois, is another. Others may be more regional in significance: the occurrences of Clactonian (Mode 1) industry, twisted ovate handaxes and bout coupé handaxes, for example. IGCP Project no. 449 instigated the compilation of fluvial records from all over the 'old world'. Comparison between British and Central European sequences confirms the established view that there is a demarcation between handaxe making in the west and flake/core industries in the east. Other centres of activity reported here have been in the Middle East (Syria), South Africa and India. Data from such areas will be key in deciphering the story of the earlier 'out-of-Africa' migration, that by pre-Homo sapiens people. There is clear evidence for diachroneity between the first appearances of different industries, in keeping with the well-established idea of northward migration. © 2007.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mishra, S.
India, Pune
Deccan College Post-graduate and Research Institute, Pune
White, M. J.
United Kingdom, Durham
Durham University
Beaumont, Peter B.
South Africa, Kimberley
Mcgregor Museum
Antoine, P.
France, Meudon
Laboratoire de Géographie Physique, Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels
Bridgland, D. R.
United Kingdom, Durham
Durham University
Limondin-Lozouet, Nicole
France, Meudon
Laboratoire de Géographie Physique, Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels
Santisteban, J. I.
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Schreve, D. C.
United Kingdom, Egham
Royal Holloway, University of London
Shaw, A. D.
United Kingdom, Durham
Durham University
Wenban-Smith, F. F.
United Kingdom, Southampton
University of Southampton
Westaway, R. W.C.
United Kingdom, Milton Keynes
The Open University
White, Tom S.
United Kingdom, Durham
Durham University
Statistics
Citations: 57
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.035
ISSN:
02773791
Study Locations
South Africa