Victoria Cabrera Site: A Middle Stone Age site at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMaíllo-Fernández, José-Manuel
dc.contributor.authorMarín, Juan
dc.contributor.authorSolano Megías, Irene
dc.contributor.authorUribelarrea del Val, David
dc.contributor.authorMartín Perea, David Manuel
dc.contributor.authorAramendi, Julia
dc.contributor.authorMedialdea, Alicia
dc.contributor.authorArteaga, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorPernas Hernandez, Marta
dc.contributor.authorGidna, Agnes
dc.contributor.authorNeogi, Sayantani
dc.contributor.authorBaudot, Eva
dc.contributor.authorNarváez, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorMabulla, Audax
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-17T13:39:54Z
dc.date.available2023-06-17T13:39:54Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-20
dc.description.abstractOlduvai Gorge (Tanzania) is a key site for the study and comprehension of human evolution in East Africa. However, the origin of Homo sapiens and the Middle Stone Age have been poorly understood in the Gorge thus far. In this study, we present the dating, taphonomic, technological and typological analyses of the lithic industry and faunal remains excavated at the Victoria Cabrera Site (VCS) during the 2017 fieldwork season. The stratigraphic sequence of the site contains several levels of fluvial origin, some of them with lithic and faunal remains. Most remains (lithics and bones) are affected by rounding processes. Infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) dating has provided ages between 90 and 70 ka BP for these layers that can be related to the Marine Isotope Stage 5a. Lithics are scarce and the dominant raw materials are Naibor Soit quarzite and basalt, followed by phonolite, chert and quartz as the most common raw materials. The lithic technology is based on the production of flakes obtained from prepared cores, with the discoid method and, to a lesser extent the Levallois method being the most frequently used. The retouched blanks are described as “substratum” or “domestic” tools (sidescrapers, notches or denticulates). There is just one heavy duty piece and points are absent. The faunal assemblage includes Alcelaphinae, Antilopinae and Equidae. The major parts of the unidentified faunal remains are size 3 ungulates, followed by carcasses of size 2 and size 4 species. We cannot relate lithic and bones because no cut marks or percussion marks have been identified and carnivore action is scarce. In sum, VCS represents the first accurately dated Middle Stone Age site, with lithic and faunal remains in Olduvai Gorge.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Geológicas
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER
dc.description.sponsorshipFundación PALARQ
dc.description.sponsorshipInstituto de Patrimonio Cultural de España
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/59420
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.quaint.2019.07.032
dc.identifier.issn1040-6182
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618219303659
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13941
dc.journal.titleQuaternary International
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final154
dc.page.initial129
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.projectIDHAR2015-64407-P
dc.rights.accessRightsrestricted access
dc.subject.cdu569.89:551.79(678)
dc.subject.cdu902(678)
dc.subject.keywordMiddle stone age
dc.subject.keywordLithic
dc.subject.keywordFauna
dc.subject.keywordOlduvai
dc.subject.keywordTanzania
dc.subject.ucmGeología estratigráfica
dc.subject.ucmPaleontología
dc.subject.ucmArqueología
dc.subject.unesco2506.19 Estratigrafía
dc.subject.unesco2416 Paleontología
dc.subject.unesco5505.01 Arqueología
dc.titleVictoria Cabrera Site: A Middle Stone Age site at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number526
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