dc.contributor.author | Ditchfield, PW | |
dc.contributor.author | Whitfield, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Vincent, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Plummer, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Braun, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Deino, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Hertel, F | |
dc.contributor.author | Oliver, JS | |
dc.contributor.author | Louys, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Bishop, LC | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-05T12:33:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-05T12:33:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0016-7568 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0016756818000602 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/385892 | |
dc.description.abstract | Oldowan sites in primary geological context are rare in the archaeological record. Here we describe the depositional environment of Oldowan occurrences at Kanjera South, Kenya, based on field descriptions and granulometric analysis. Excavations have recovered a large Oldowan artefact sample as well as the oldest substantial sample of archaeological fauna. The deposits at Kanjera South consist of 30 m of fluvial, colluvial and lacustrine sediments. Magneto- and biostratigraphy indicate the Kanjera South Member of the Kanjera Formation was deposited during 2.3-1.92 Ma, with 2.0 Ma being a likely age for the archaeological occurrences. Oldowan artefacts and associated fauna were deposited in the colluvial and alluvial silts and sands of beds KS1-3, in the margins of a lake basin. Field descriptions and granulometric analysis of the sediment fine fraction indicate that sediments from within the main archaeological horizon were emplaced as a combination of tractional and hyperconcentrated flows with limited evidence of debris-flow deposition. This style of deposition is unlikely to significantly erode or disturb the underlying surface, and therefore promotes preservation of surface archaeological accumulations. Hominins were repeatedly attracted to the site locale, and rapid sedimentation, minimal bone weathering and an absence of bone or artefact rounding further indicate that fossils and artefacts were quickly buried. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 1190 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 1200 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 7 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Geological Magazine | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 156 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Geology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Evolutionary biology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Archaeology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3705 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3104 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4301 | |
dc.title | Geochronology and physical context of Oldowan site formation at Kanjera South, Kenya | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript (AM) | |
gro.description.notepublic | This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version. | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2018 Cambridge University Press. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Louys, Julien | |