A Middle Pleistocene hippo tracksite at Gombore II-2 (Melka Kunture, Upper Awash, Ethiopia)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.01.022
Abstract: Abstract In this paper we describe exceptionally well-preserved evidence of hippo activity at Gombore II-2, a 700,000 year-old site at Melka Kunture, at 2000 m asl in the Ethiopian highlands, in the Upper Awash Valley. We excavated and… read more here.
Keywords: hippo; melka kunture; upper awash; middle pleistocene ... See more keywords
The Pleistocene high-elevation environments between 2.02 and 0.6 Ma at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash Valley, Ethiopia) based upon stable isotope analysis
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56768-x
Abstract: Pleistocene environments are among the most studied issues in paleoecology and human evolution research in eastern Africa. Many data have been recorded from archaeological sites located at low and medium elevations (≤ 1500 m), whereas few… read more here.
Keywords: high elevation; pleistocene high; elevation; isotopic ... See more keywords
Geomorphological processes, forms and features in the surroundings of the Melka Kunture Palaeolithic site, Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2019.1669497
Abstract: ABSTRACT The landscape of the surroundings of the Melka Kunture prehistoric site, Upper Awash Basin, Ethiopia, were studied intensively in the last decades. Nonetheless, the area was mainly characterized under a stratigraphic/geological and archaeological point… read more here.
Keywords: ethiopia geomorphological; melka kunture; surroundings melka; geomorphological processes ... See more keywords