Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H0PY London, UK.
J Hum Evol. 2011 Jun;60(6):768-812. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.01.009. Epub 2011 Apr 9.
The Early Stone Age sites of Gadeb (Ethiopian South-East Plateau) were excavated under the direction of Desmond Clark in the 1970s. Dated to between 1.45 and 0.7 Ma, Gadeb proved that humans had already occupied high altitude areas in the Lower Pleistocene. Despite the importance of the Gadeb sites, their lithic assemblages were never published in detail, and no review of the stone tools has ever been reported since the original 1970s study. This paper updates the information available on Gadeb by presenting a systematic review of the lithic technology of several assemblages. The objectives are to evaluate the technological skills of Gadeb knappers and to contextualize them into the current discussion of the origins of the Acheulean and its possible coexistence with the so-called Developed Oldowan in East Africa.
盖德布（埃塞俄比亚东南部高原）的旧石器时代早期遗址是由德斯蒙德·克拉克（Desmond Clark）在 20 世纪 70 年代发掘的。这些遗址的年代可追溯到 145 万至 70 万年前，证明了人类在更新世早期就已经占据了高海拔地区。尽管盖德布遗址意义重大，但它们的石器组合从未详细发表过，自 20 世纪 70 年代的原始研究以来，也从未有过对石器工具的综述报道。本文通过对几个石器组合的石器技术进行系统综述，更新了盖德布的现有信息。目的是评估盖德布打制石器者的技术技能，并将其置于当前关于阿舍利技术起源及其与东非所谓的发达奥杜威工业可能共存的讨论中。
