气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Ichnological and archaeological evidence from Gombore II OAM; Melka Kunture; Ethiopia: An integrated approach to reconstruct local environments and biological presences between 1.2 and 0.85 Ma

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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106506
	Ichnological and archaeological evidence from Gombore II OAM; Melka Kunture; Ethiopia: An integrated approach to reconstruct local environments and biological presences between 1.2 and 0.85 Ma
	Altamura F.; Bennett M.R.; Marchetti L.; Melis R.T.; Reynolds S.C.; Mussi M.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	244
英文摘要	New ichnological data are available at the prehistoric site of Melka Kunture, Upper Awash Valley in Ethiopia. Excavation of new test pits enabled us to explore the volcanic and fluvio-lacustrine sequence at the Gombore II Open Air Museum archaeological site (ca. 0.85 Ma). This has allowed a detailed reconstruction of the palaeoenvironment and of the fauna present in the time interval between 1.2 and 0.85 Ma. Various-sized mammals, birds, molluscs as well as hominins left tracks throughout the sequence, and document a varied fauna and associated behaviours. Most of the hominin tracks were made by young individuals on the basis of size and are some of the earlier child tracks to be reported. The mollusc traces document the presence and orientation of water streams which, according to the associated vertebrate traces, were visited by hominins, mammals and birds. Most of these traces were found within levels traditionally considered barren for archaeology, yet they all document life activity and are always in situ. This confirms the potential of the ichnological research as an important complementary tool for archaeological investigations. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Archaeology; Fossil footprints; Gombore; Ichnology; Melka Kunture; Palaeoenvironment; Pleistocene
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Birds; Molluscs; Archaeological investigation; Archaeological site; Complementary tools; Integrated approach; Lacustrine sequence; Local environments; Palaeoenvironment; Water streams; Mammals; archaeology; biostratigraphy; bird; fossil record; hominid; ichnology; integrated approach; lacustrine deposit; mammal; paleobiogeography; reconstruction; Awash Valley; Ethiopia; Melka Kunture; Aves; Mammalia; Mollusca; Vertebrata
来源期刊	Quaternary Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151346
作者单位	Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità, Università di Roma Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy; Italo-Spanish Archaeological Mission at Melka Kunture, Ethiopia; Institute for Studies in Landscapes and Human Evolution, Bournemouth University, Poole, BH12 5BB, United Kingdom; Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP/Burg Lichtenberg (Pfalz), Burgstrasse 19, Thallichtenberg, 66871, Germany; Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Cagliari, Via Trentino 51, Cagliari, 009127, Italy
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Altamura F.,Bennett M.R.,Marchetti L.,et al. Ichnological and archaeological evidence from Gombore II OAM; Melka Kunture; Ethiopia: An integrated approach to reconstruct local environments and biological presences between 1.2 and 0.85 Ma[J],2020,244.
APA	Altamura F.,Bennett M.R.,Marchetti L.,Melis R.T.,Reynolds S.C.,&Mussi M..(2020).Ichnological and archaeological evidence from Gombore II OAM; Melka Kunture; Ethiopia: An integrated approach to reconstruct local environments and biological presences between 1.2 and 0.85 Ma.Quaternary Science Reviews,244.
MLA	Altamura F.,et al."Ichnological and archaeological evidence from Gombore II OAM; Melka Kunture; Ethiopia: An integrated approach to reconstruct local environments and biological presences between 1.2 and 0.85 Ma".Quaternary Science Reviews 244(2020).