(B) Kilombe—an Acheulian site complex in Kenya
(B) Kilombe—an Acheulian site complex in Kenya
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(B) Kilombe——肯尼亚的阿舍利遗址群
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1978
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J. Gowlett
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J. Gowlett
本文报告了在肯尼亚纳库鲁西北裂谷西侧的阿舍利遗址建筑群进行的挖掘工作。地面上有大量的石器，挖掘工作辅之以地面研究表明，大量的手斧、砍刀、其他手工艺品和手工制品主要集中在一个广阔的地平线上，被解释为占领地面。文物分布在至少14,000平方英尺的区域内。M.，尽管遗骸的密度是可变的。两次发掘产生了成分相似的人工制品样本，双面组非常相似，尽管两个壕沟相距60米，但这种与主层物质的均质性在其他产状中没有保持，包括片状层位，一个凹陷内和周围有石块的区域，以及两个低密度遗址，双面与主遗址有一段距离，而且在更高的水平。该遗址的价值不仅在于它的大小和水平连续性，还在于它的绝佳背景--文物不受干扰地躺在粘土表面上，以及它位于其他阿舍利遗址之间的战略位置。在结论中，与其他一些网站进行了比较。古地磁测定表明，该遗址杂岩的年龄可能超过0.7英里。
This paper reports on excavations which have been carried out at an Acheulian site complex situated in Kenya on the western flank of the Rift Valley north-west of Nakuru. There is a profusion of stone implements on the ground, and excavations supplemented by surface studies indicate that large numbers of hand-axes, cleavers, other artefacts and manuports are concentrated mainly on a single extensive horizon, interpreted as an occupation surface. Artefacts occur across an area of at least 14 000 sq. m., though density of remains is variable. Two excavations have produced artefact samples of similar composition, and the biface groups are remarkably similar, even though the trenches were sited 60 m apart This homogeneity in material from the main horizon is not maintained in other occurrences, which include a flake horizon, an area with stone blocks in and around a hollow and two low density sites with bifaces some distance from the main site and at a higher level. The site is valuable not only for its size and horizontal continuity, but also for its superb context with artefacts lying undisturbed on a clayey surface, and for its strategic location between other Acheulian sites. In the conclusion, comparisons are drawn with some other sites. Palaeomagnetic determinations suggest that the site complex is likely to be older than 0.7 m.y.