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Les sites archéologiques plio-pléistocènes de la formation de Nachukui, Ouest-Turkana, Kenya : bilan synthétique 1997–2001

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TitleLes sites archéologiques plio-pléistocènes de la formation de Nachukui, Ouest-Turkana, Kenya : bilan synthétique 1997–2001
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2003
AuthorsRoche, H, Brugal, J-P, Delagnes, A, Feibel, C, Harmand, S, Kibunjia, M, Prat, S, Texier, P-J
JournalComptes Rendus Palevol
Volume2
Issue8
Pagination663 - 673
Date Published12/2003
ISSN16310683
Keywordsacheulean, archaeology, Early Pleistocene, kenya, Lower Paleolithic, oldowan, Turkana
Abstract

Plio-Pleistocene archaeological sites in the Nachukui Formation, West Turkana, Kenya: synthetic results 1997–2001. Stretched along the western side of the Turkana Basin, the Nachukui Formation preserves a large number of Plio-Pleistocene archaeological sites. Research carried out by the WTAP documents hominid behavioral evolution and technical diversity, through a time period ranging from 2.35 Myr to 0.7 Myr and within a relatively precise chronostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental frame. This work is based on comprehensive excavations conducted between 1997 and 2001 at the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene site complexes of the formation.

DOI10.1016/j.crpv.2003.06.001
Short TitleComptes Rendus Palevol
Citation KeyRoche:Nachukui:2003

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