期刊
JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
卷 62, 期 1, 页码 104-115出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.10.007
关键词
40Ar/39Ar geochronology; Oldowan; Acheulean; Obsidian; Upper Awash; Ethiopia
资金
- Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
- National Science Foundation [BCS-0211172]
- Region Aquitaine [20071403002]
New 40Ar/39Ar geochronological data for several volcanic ash horizons from Melka Kunture, Ethiopia, allow for significantly more precise age constraints to be placed upon the lithostratigraphy, archaeology and paleontology from this long record. Ashes from the Melka Kunture Formation at Gombore yielded the most reliable age constraints, from 1.393 +/- 0.162 Ma(2) (millions of years ago) near the base of the section to 0.709 +/- 0.013 Ma near the top. Dating the Garba section proved more problematic, but the base of the section, which contains numerous Oldowan obsidian artifacts, may be >1.719 +/- 0.199 Ma, while the top is securely dated to 0.869 +/- 0.020 Ma. The large ignimbrite from the Kella Formation at Kella and Melka Garba is dated to 1.262 +/- 0.034 Ma and pre-dates Acheulean artifacts in the area. The Gombore II site, which has yielded two Homo skull fragments, 'twisted bifaces,' and a preserved butchery site, is now constrained between 0.875 +/- 0.010 Ma and 0.709 +/- 0.013 Ma. Additional ashes from these and other sites further constrain the timing of deposition throughout the section. Integration with previously published magnetostratigraphy has allowed for the first time a relatively complete, reliable timeline for the deposition of sediments, environmental changes, archaeology, and paleontology at Melka Kunture. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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