RT Journal Article
T1 Tracing the spatial imprint of Oldowan technological behaviors: A view from DS (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
A1 Díez Martín, Fernando
A1 Cobo Sánchez, Lucía
A1 Baddeley, Adrian
A1 Uribelarrea Del Val, David
A1 Mabulla, Audax
A1 Baquedano, Enrique
A1 Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel
AB DS (David’s site) is one of the new archaeological sites documented in the same paleolandscape in which FLK 22 was deposited at about 1.85 Ma in Olduvai Gorge. Fieldwork in DS has unearthed the largest vertically-discrete archaeological horizon in the African Pleistocene, where a multi-cluster anthropogenic accumulation of fossil bones and stone tools has been identified. In this work we present the results of the techno-economic study of the lithic assemblage recovered from DS. We also explore the spatial magnitude of the technological behaviors documented at this spot using powerful spatial statistical tools to unravel correlations between the spatial distributional patterns of lithic categories. At DS, lavas and quartzite were involved in different technological processes. Volcanic materials, probably transported to this spot from a close source, were introduced in large numbers, including unmodified materials, and used in percussion activities and in a wide variety of reduction strategies. A number of volcanic products were subject to outward fluxes to other parts of the paleolandscape. In contrast, quartzite rocks were introduced in smaller numbers and might have been subject to a significantly more intense exploitation. The intra-site spatial analysis has shown that specialized areas cannot be identified, unmodified materials are not randomly distributed, percussion and knapping categories do not spatially overlap, while bipolar specimens show some sort of spatial correlation with percussion activities.
PB Public Library Science
SN 1932-6203
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8637
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8637
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025