%0 Journal Article
%A Mussi, Margherita
%A Méndez-Quintas, Eduardo
%A Panera, Joaquín
%A Altamura, Flavio
%A Di Bianco, Luca
%A Bonnefille, Raymonde
%A Briatico, Giuseppe
%A Brunelli, Elisa
%A Geraads, Denis
%A Mutri, Giuseppina
%A Piarulli, Flavia
%A Rubio Jara, Susana
%A Ruta, Giancarlo
%A Galán, Sol Sánchez-Dehesa
%A Serodio Domínguez, Andrea
%A Melis, Rita T.
%+ Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Une vue d’ensemble sur Melka Kunture, grand complexe de sites pléistocènes dans la vallée supérieure de l’Awash (Éthiopie) : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000A-2592-7
%R 10.1016/j.anthro.2022.102999
%D 2022
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X Melka Kunture est un complexe de sites paléolithiques qui s’étend sur une centaine de km2 dans la vallée supérieure de l’Awash (Éthiopie), entre 2000 et 2200m d’altitude. À partir d’il y a 2 millions d’années, il y a de nombreux sites avec productions lithiques de l’Oldowayen, de l’Acheuléen inférieur (Early Acheulean), de l’Acheuléen moyen et de l’Acheuléen 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 développement d’une riche végétation de type afromontagnard. Les restes d’hippopotames sont omniprésents et dominent en termes de biomasse, mais les Alcelaphini sont bien représentés, notamment avec les genres Connochaetes et Damaliscus. Des restes fossiles d’homininés ont été découverts en association directe avec l’Oldowayen, l’Acheuléen inférieur, l’Acheuléen moyen et le Middle Stone Age initial. Des empreintes d’animaux et d’homininés ont également été trouvées, ces dernières dans des niveaux datés entre 1,2 et 0,7 millions d’années.<br>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. 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.
%K Melka Kunture, Oldowayen, Acheuléen, Middle Stone Age, Late Stone Age, Melka Kunture, Oldowan, Acheulean, Middle Stone Age, Late Stone Age
%J L'Anthropologie
%V 126
%N 1
%I Elsevier
%@ 1873-5827