Melka Kunture (alto Awash, Etiopía) entre 2.000.000 y 5.000 años

  1. Mussi, Margherita 1
  2. Méndez-Quintas, Eduardo 2
  3. Panera, Joaquín 3
  4. Altamura, Flavio 4
  5. di Bianco, Luca 4
  6. Briatico, Giuseppe
  7. Mutri, Giuseppina
  8. Piarulli , Flavia
  9. Rubio Jara, Susana 3
  10. Ruta, Giancarlo 4
  11. Sánchez-Dehesa Galán, Sol
  12. Serodio Domínguez, Andrea
  13. Melis, Rita T.
  1. 1 ISMEO - The International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies
  2. 2 Grupo de Estudos de Arqueoloxía, Antigüidade e Territorio (GEAAT), Universidad de Vigo
  3. 3 Departamento de Prehistoria, Historia Antigua y Arqueología, Universidad Complutense
  4. 4 Italo-Spanish Archaeological Mission at Melka Kunture and Balchit, Italy-Spain
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Revista:
Salduie: Estudios de prehistoria y arqueología

ISSN: 1576-6454,  2794-0055

Ano de publicación: 2023

Título do exemplar: Salduie. Estudios de Prehistoria y Arqueología.

Volume: 23

Número: 1

Páxinas: 31-41

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.26754/OJS_SALDUIE/SALD.202318553 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Outras publicacións en: Salduie: Estudios de prehistoria y arqueología

Resumo

Melka Kunture is a cluster of prehistoric sites located in the Ethiopian highlands, at 2000-2200 m above sea level, in the Upper Awash basin. The climate is rather cool (annual mean temperature 17°) and rainy. Palynological results prove that the original vegetation was of Afromontane type, i.e. distinct from the savanna one which develops at lower elevations. After 60 years of excavations at 20 sites and in 60 archaeological levels, the sequence includes the Oldowan, the Acheulean, the Middle Stone Age and the Late Stone Age. Hominin fossils were discovered in direct association with the lithic technocomplexes. Ichnological levels provide information on the life and behaviour of hominins and fauna which printed their tracks. Research on the hominin adaptation to the climate and environment of the highlands is relevant to understand how and when the earliest peopling of Europe happened.

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