Melka Wakena, Ethiopia

Tegenu Gossa, Erella Hovers, Angesom Resom, Asfawossen Asrat, Elizabeth M. Niespolo, Paul R. Renne, Bienvenido Martinez-Navarro

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Abstract

The Melka Wakena site complex is one of the few Acheulian-bearing sites documented in the high elevation setting in eastern Africa. It consists of several spatially segregated localities containing stratified archaeological horizons dated to early to early-middle Pleistocene periods (c. 1.6 to c. 0.8 Ma). Data from the Melka Wakena constitute a significant addition to the relatively small database of hominin highland occupation that promise enhancing our understanding of the patterns of hominin dispersals across the highly diversified paleogeography and paleoecology of eastern Africa and beyond.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa
Subtitle of host publicationHominin behavior, geography, and chronology
Pages451-460
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9783031202902
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2023

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Social Sciences
  • General Arts and Humanities

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