Melka Kunture Garba I,    Ethiopia Go to Data Dashboard
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0.696
0.885
ARG
Ar-Ar;Dates are from the Gombore II homo erectus site. dates for all artifact-bearing units in the area rage from 0.7 to about 1.7 Ma. Other dating refs include Leah Morgan Ph. D. thesis and Chavaillon J. and A. Berthelet 2004. The archaeological sites of Melka Kunture. Studies on the Early Paleolithic site of Melka Kunture Ethiopia. Jean Chavaillon and Marcello Piperno eds: 25-80; Morgan L. E. Renne P. R. Kieffer G. Piperno M. Gallotti R. & Raynal J. P. A chronological framework for a long and persistent archaeological record: Melka Kunture Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution 62(1) 104-115.
 erectus;
Homo erectus
mode1 mode2 Acheulean; Mode 1 Mode 2;possible evidence of fire use in the form of reddened area and possible burned lithics (James S. R. et al. (1989). "Hominid use of fire in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene: A review of the evidence [and comments and replies]." Current Anthropology 30(1): 1-26.); fire (any evidence)
Gombore II Garba XIII
Morgan L. E. Renne P. R. Kieffer G. Piperno M. Gallotti R. & Raynal J. P. A chronological framework for a long and persistent archaeological record: Melka Kunture Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution 62(1) 104-115. ;James S. R. et al. (1989). "Hominid use of fire in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene: A review of the evidence [and comments and replies]." Current Anthropology 30(1): 1-26.