Oldowan raw material procurement and use: Evidence from the Koobi Fora formatlon
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2009Author
Braun, D R
Harris, J W K
Maina, D N
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Raw material availability has been shown to be a major factor affecting the material culture of Oldowan tool users. Studies of artefact provenance often focus on site-specific raw material availability. Here, we use data from primary and secondary sources of raw material to develop a model of basin-scale stone availability in the eastern Turkana Basin, during the KBS and Okote Members of the Koobi Fora Formation. ED-XRF was used as a method of characterizing raw material sources and artefacts using trace elements. This model is applied to the site of FxJj 50 to investigate transport and discard patterns.
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00393.x/abstracthttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/52748
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Archaeometry Volume 51, Issue 1, pages 26–42, January 2009Publisher
Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology, University of Nairobi
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