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SUMMARY:Recent Investigations into the Stone Age site of Isimila\, Tanzani
 a - James Cole (University of Brighton)
DTSTART:20170215T163000Z
DTEND:20170215T173000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Van Baelen
DESCRIPTION:The Stone Age site of Isimila is located on the Iringa plateau
 \, Tanzania\, close to the East African Rift Valley. Due to the abundance 
 of handaxes and giant handaxes present at the site in both primary and sec
 ondary contexts\, Isimila has long been recognised as a key site of intern
 ational importance for understanding the behavioural complexity of our hom
 inin ancestors often compared alongside major East African e.g. Kalambo Fa
 lls\, Olduvai Gorge and Olorgesailie (Kleindienst and Keller 1976\; Mcbrea
 rty 1978). Despite the international significance of Isimila\, the chronol
 ogy\, taphonomy and geomorphology of the site remain poorly understood\, a
 nd are in urgent need of re-examination using modern analytical techniques
  and theoretical perspectives. Previous dating efforts (a single U-series 
 date from a bone sample) gave an age estimate of 260 kya for the site (How
 ell et al. 1972). However\, this date is problematic due to methodological
  inadequacies and therefore it is timely to undertake a re-characterisatio
 n of Isimila. The subject of this paper is to therefore give details of a 
 new OSL and post-IR IRSL dating and raw material provenance programme unde
 rtaken at Isimila in 2014 and 2015 that allows\, for the first time\, a ch
 ronological contextualisation of this unique and important Stone Age site 
 within the broader setting of the East African Palaeolithic. 
LOCATION:BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41)\, Division of Biological Anthro
 pology\, Pembroke Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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