Two 'Oldowan' assemblages in the Plio-Pleistocene deposits of the Orce region, southeast Spain /

Stone artefacts reported from the Orce region (Grenada, Spain) indicate a first human presence in western Europe as early as the Plio-Pleistocene boundary, making a long chronology for European hominids against the claims for a briefer human presence. Excavations of Barranco León-5 and Fuentenueva-3...

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Otros Autores: Gibert, J., Gibert, Ll (coaut.), Iglesias, A. (coaut.), Maestro, E. (coaut.)
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Sumario:Stone artefacts reported from the Orce region (Grenada, Spain) indicate a first human presence in western Europe as early as the Plio-Pleistocene boundary, making a long chronology for European hominids against the claims for a briefer human presence. Excavations of Barranco León-5 and Fuentenueva-3a in 1995 have produced two groups of lithic artefacts of 'Oldowan' type, seen as the most ancient of western Europe by fauna associations and palaeomagnetic study.
Notas:Antiquity 72 (1999): 17Ð25