oldowan lithic technology

Old stones’ song—second verse. Use-wear analysis of rhyolite and fenetized andesite artifacts from the Oldowan lithic industry of Kanjera South, Kenya

This paper investigates Oldowan hominin behavioral ecology through use-wear analysis of artifacts from Kanjera South, Western Kenya.Itextendsdevelopmentofourexperimentaluse-wearreferencecollectionandanalysisofuse-wearonthewellpreservedand unweatheredOldowantoolsfromthissitetoincluderhyolite,anon-localmaterialof similar durability topreviously studiedquartz and quartzite tools, and fenetized andesite, a local material with considerably less durability.

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