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

J. Gibert; Ll Gibert; A. Iglesias; E. Maestro

doi:10.1017/S0003598X00086233

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

J. Gibert, Ll Gibert, A. Iglesias, E. Maestro

Department of Geology

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Abstract

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 Barranca 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 faunal associations and palaeomagnetic study.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17-25
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	72
Issue number	275
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00086233
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1998

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