The Middle Stone Age of the northern Kenyan Rift: age and context of new archaeological sites from the Kapedo Tuffs Export

@article{citeulike:3065336, abstract = {Rift Valley sites in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya preserve the oldest fossil remains attributed to Homo sapiens and the earliest archaeological sites attributed to the Middle Stone Age (MSA). New localities from the Kapedo Tuffs augment the sparse sample of MSA sites from the northern Kenya Rift. Tephrostratigraphic correlation with dated pyroclastic deposits from the adjacent volcano Silali suggests an age range of 135-123 ka for archaeological sites of the Kapedo Tuffs. Comparisons of the Kapedo Tuffs archaeological assemblages with those from the adjacent Turkana and Baringo basins show broad lithic technological similarity but reveal that stone raw material availability is a key factor in explaining typologically defined archaeological variability within this region. Spatially and temporally resolved comparisons such as this provide the best means to link the biological and behavioral variation manifest in the record of early Homo sapiens.}, author = {Tryon, Christian A. and Roach, Neil T. and Logan}, citeulike-article-id = {3065336}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.03.008}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WJS-4T3KTB1-1/1/2bfb95db73342c364ce9537ae5d6bc42}, doi = {10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.03.008}, journal = {Journal of Human Evolution}, keywords = {200807, datation, industrie-lithique, kenya, middle-stone-age}, posted-at = {2008-07-31 12:20:37}, priority = {2}, title = {The Middle Stone Age of the northern Kenyan Rift: age and context of new archaeological sites from the Kapedo Tuffs}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.03.008}, volume = {In Press, Corrected Proof} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3065336 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3065336 N2 - Rift Valley sites in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya preserve the oldest fossil remains attributed to Homo sapiens and the earliest archaeological sites attributed to the Middle Stone Age (MSA). New localities from the Kapedo Tuffs augment the sparse sample of MSA sites from the northern Kenya Rift. Tephrostratigraphic correlation with dated pyroclastic deposits from the adjacent volcano Silali suggests an age range of 135-123 ka for archaeological sites of the Kapedo Tuffs. Comparisons of the Kapedo Tuffs archaeological assemblages with those from the adjacent Turkana and Baringo basins show broad lithic technological similarity but reveal that stone raw material availability is a key factor in explaining typologically defined archaeological variability within this region. Spatially and temporally resolved comparisons such as this provide the best means to link the biological and behavioral variation manifest in the record of early Homo sapiens. JF - Journal of Human Evolution TI - The Middle Stone Age of the northern Kenyan Rift: age and context of new archaeological sites from the Kapedo Tuffs VL - In Press, Corrected Proof KW - 200807 KW - datation KW - industrie-lithique KW - kenya KW - middle-stone-age AU - Tryon, Christian AU - Roach, Neil AU - Logan UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.03.008 ER -