% pubman genre = article @article{item_3373670, title = {{Une vue d{\textquoteright}ensemble sur Melka Kunture, grand complexe de sites pl{\'e}istoc{\`e}nes dans la vall{\'e}e sup{\'e}rieure de l{\textquoteright}Awash ({\'E}thiopie)}}, author = {Mussi, Margherita and M{\'e}ndez-Quintas, Eduardo and Panera, Joaqu{\'\i}n and Altamura, Flavio and Di Bianco, Luca and Bonnefille, Raymonde and Briatico, Giuseppe and Brunelli, Elisa and Geraads, Denis and Mutri, Giuseppina and Piarulli, Flavia and Rubio Jara, Susana and Ruta, Giancarlo and Gal{\'a}n, Sol S{\'a}nchez-Dehesa and Serodio Dom{\'\i}nguez, Andrea and Melis, Rita T.}, language = {eng}, issn = {1873-5827}, isbn = {0003-5521}, doi = {10.1016/j.anthro.2022.102999}, publisher = {Elsevier}, year = {2022}, date = {2022}, abstract = {{Melka Kunture est un complexe de sites pal{\'e}olithiques qui s{\textquoteright}{\'e}tend sur une centaine de km2 dans la vall{\'e}e sup{\'e}rieure de l{\textquoteright}Awash ({\'E}thiopie), entre 2000 et 2200m d{\textquoteright}altitude. {\`A} partir d{\textquoteright}il y a 2 millions d{\textquoteright}ann{\'e}es, il y a de nombreux sites avec productions lithiques de l{\textquoteright}Oldowayen, de l{\textquoteright}Acheul{\'e}en inf{\'e}rieur (Early Acheulean), de l{\textquoteright}Acheul{\'e}en moyen et de l{\textquoteright}Acheul{\'e}en final, et enfin du Middle Stone Age initial (Early Middle Stone Age) et du Middle Stone Age, suivis par le Late Stone Age. Le climat, frais et pluvieux a permis le d{\'e}veloppement d{\textquoteright}une riche v{\'e}g{\'e}tation de type afromontagnard. Les restes d{\textquoteright}hippopotames sont omnipr{\'e}sents et dominent en termes de biomasse, mais les Alcelaphini sont bien repr{\'e}sent{\'e}s, notamment avec les genres Connochaetes et Damaliscus. Des restes fossiles d{\textquoteright}hominin{\'e}s ont {\'e}t{\'e} d{\'e}couverts en association directe avec l{\textquoteright}Oldowayen, l{\textquoteright}Acheul{\'e}en inf{\'e}rieur, l{\textquoteright}Acheul{\'e}en moyen et le Middle Stone Age initial. Des empreintes d{\textquoteright}animaux et d{\textquoteright}hominin{\'e}s ont {\'e}galement {\'e}t{\'e} trouv{\'e}es, ces derni{\`e}res dans des niveaux dat{\'e}s entre 1,2 et 0,7 millions d{\textquoteright}ann{\'e}es.{\textless}br{\textgreater}Melka Kunture is a cluster of Pleistocene sites, extending over ⁓100 km2 between 2000 and 2200m asl, in the upper Awash Valley of Ethiopia. Starting around 2 million-years ago, the archaeological sequence includes sites with lithic productions of the Oldowan, Early Acheulean, middle Acheulean, final Acheulean, Early Middle Stone Age, Middle Stone Age and Late Stone Age. All over the Pleistocene, the climate was rainy and cooler than at the lower elevations of the Rift Valley, allowing the development of Afromontane vegetation. Hippopotamuses are ubiquitous and dominant in terms of biomass, but Alcelaphini are well represented, notably with genus Connochaetes and genus Damaliscus. Hominin fossils have been discovered in association with the Oldowan, the Early Acheulean, the middle Acheulean and the Early Middle Stone Age. Animal tracks and hominin footprints have also been documented, the latter ones in layers dated between 1.2 and 0.7 million-years.}}, abstract = {{Melka Kunture is a cluster of Pleistocene sites, extending over ⁓100 km2 between 2000 and 2200 m asl, in the upper Awash Valley of Ethiopia. Starting around 2 million-years ago, the archaeological sequence includes sites with lithic productions of the Oldowan, Early Acheulean, middle Acheulean, final Acheulean, Early Middle Stone Age, Middle Stone Age and Late Stone Age. All over the Pleistocene, the climate was rainy and cooler than at the lower elevations of the Rift Valley, allowing the development of Afromontane vegetation. Hippopotamuses are ubiquitous and dominant in terms of biomass, but Alcelaphini are well represented, notably with genus Connochaetes and genus Damaliscus. Hominin fossils have been discovered in association with the Oldowan, the Early Acheulean, the middle Acheulean and the Early Middle Stone Age. Animal tracks and hominin footprints have also been documented, the latter ones in layers dated between 1.2 and 0.7 million-years.}}, journal = {{L{\textquotesingle}Anthropologie}}, volume = {126}, number = {1}, }