Components of Acheulean Lithic Assemblage Variability at Olorgesailie, Kenya

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Noll, Michael Peter

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ambrose, Stanley H.

• Anthropology, Archaeology

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9971150

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85334