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FIG. 11 in How depositional environments impact the preservation of micro-wear of quartz artifacts: insights from the Oldowan of the Shungura Formation (Ethiopia)

  • 1. Pleistocene Archaeology Lab, Instituto de Historia, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Calle de Albasanz, 26, San Blas-Canillejas, Madrid 28037 (Spain) and De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel: Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bâtiment B2, Allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire CS 50023, 33615 Pessac (France) aline.galland@u-bordeaux.fr (corresponding autor)
  • 2. Institució milà i fontanals de estudios en humanidades (IMF), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Carrer de les Egipcíaques, 15, 08001, Barcelona (Spain) ignacio@imf.csic.es
  • 3. French Centre for Ethiopian Studies (CFEE), CNRS, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Arada sub city, Kebele 11 /12, JanMeda, PO BOX 5554 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Laboratory Paleontology Evolution Paleoecosystems Paleoprimatology (PALEVOPRIM), CNRS, Université de Poitiers, 6 Rue Michel Brunet, 86000 Poitiers (France) jean.renaud.boisserie@univ-poitiers.fr
  • 4. De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel: Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bâtiment B2, Allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire CS 50023, 33615 Pessac (France) anne.delagnes@u-bordeaux.fr

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FIG. 11. — Taphonomic wear of archaeological artifacts in channel lag deposits: A, B, irregular microfracturing on the internal part of the crystals (OMO A16); C-F, the microfracturing is mainly localized on the top of the topography with light rounding of the ridges (C, OMO A42;D-F, OMO A17).Scale bars: 100 µm.Credits:Aline Galland.

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Published as part of Galland, Aline, Clemente-Conte, Ignacio, Boisserie, Jean-Renaud & Delagnes, Anne, 2026, How depositional environments impact the preservation of micro-wear of quartz artifacts: insights from the Oldowan of the Shungura Formation (Ethiopia), pp. 99-124 in Comptes Rendus Palevol 25 (6) on page 112, DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a6, http://zenodo.org/record/19700687

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