Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Oldowan

1. Introduction: Current Issues in Oldowan Research
David R. Braun, Erella Hovers

2. Remarks on the Current Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Early Technological Strategies in Eastern Africa
Ignacio la Torre, Rafael Mora

3. From Homogeneity to Multiplicity: A New Approach to the Study of Archaic
Stone Tools
Eudald Carbonell, Robert Sala, Deborah Barsky, Vincenzo Celiberti

4. An Overview of Some African and Eurasian Oldowan Sites: Evaluation of Hominin Cognition Levels, Technological Advancement and Adaptive Skills
Deborah Barsky

5. Early Homo Occupation Near the Gate of Tears: Examining the Paleoanthropological Records of Djibouti and Yemen
Parth R. Chauhan

6.
Homo floresiensis and the African Oldowan
Mark W. Moore, Adam Brumm

7. Methodological Considerations in the Study of Oldowan Raw Material Selectivity: Insights from A. L. 894 (Hadar, Ethiopia)
Talia Goldman-Neuman, Erella Hovers

8. Variability in Raw Material Selectivity at the Late Pliocene sites of Lokalalei, West Turkana, Kenya
Sonia Harmand

9. Oldowan Technology and Raw Material Variability at Kanjera South
David R. Braun, Thomas W. Plummer, Peter W. Ditchfield, Laura C. Bishop, Joseph V. Ferraro

10. Obsidian exploitation and utilization during the Oldowan at Melka Kunture (Ethiopia)
Marcello Piperno, Carmine Collina, Rosalia Gallotti, Jean-Paul Raynal, Guy Kieffer, Francois-Xavier le Bourdonnec, Gerard Poupeau, Denis Geraads

11. Are all Oldowan Sites Palimpsests? If so, what can they tell us about Hominid Carnivory?
Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo

12. The Environmental Context of Oldowan Hominin Activities at Kanjera South, Kenya
Thomas W. Plummer, Laura C. Bishop, Peter W. Ditchfield, Joseph V. Ferraro, John D. Kingston, Fritz Hertel, David R. Braun

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