Components of Acheulean Lithic Assemblage Variability at Olorgesailie, Kenya
Noll, Michael Peter
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Description
Title
Components of Acheulean Lithic Assemblage Variability at Olorgesailie, Kenya
Author(s)
Noll, Michael Peter
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Ambrose, Stanley H.
Department of Study
Anthropology
Discipline
Anthropology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Anthropology, Archaeology
Language
eng
Abstract
The data presented here suggest that factors other than style generated inter- and intra-assemblage variability. In other words, distinct cultural traditions are not observed within or between Olorgesailie assemblages. Because most variability is attributed to raw material and resharpening (reduction) any apparent stylistic component of variability has been removed from the behavioral repertoire of Olorgesailie hominids. The degree to which their behavior resembles that of modern humans is substantially reduced by the results of this analysis. Moreover, these results suggest that the cultural capacities of Acheulean stone-knappers have been consistently overestimated.
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