Kuldara: Earliest Human Occupation in Central Asia in Its Afro-Asian Context

Kuldara in the Republic of Tajikistan is the site of archaeological materials that have been dated to 0.85 million years ago and that provide the earliest evidence of human occupation of Central Asia. It sheds new light on the antiquity of stone tool making in the region and, more broadly, in Asia a...

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Published in:Current anthropology 1995-04, Vol.36 (2), p.337-346
Main Authors: Ranov, Vadim A., Carbonell, Eudald, Rodriguez, Xose Pedro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ancient civilizations
Archaeological sites
Archaeology
Central Asia
Cleavers
Fauna
Human evolution
Humans
Industrial sites
Lithics
Material culture
Middle Pleistocene age
Paleoanthropology
Pebbles
Prehistoric industry
Prehistory
Tadzhikistan
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Summary:Kuldara in the Republic of Tajikistan is the site of archaeological materials that have been dated to 0.85 million years ago and that provide the earliest evidence of human occupation of Central Asia. It sheds new light on the antiquity of stone tool making in the region and, more broadly, in Asia as a whole.
ISSN:0011-3204
1537-5382
DOI:10.1086/204366