Exploring early Acheulian technological decision-making: A controlled experimental approach to raw material selection for percussive artifacts in Melka Wakena, Ethiopia

Keyphrases

• Technological Choices 100%
• Decision-making Process 100%
• Ethiopia 100%
• Raw Material Selection 100%
• Early Acheulian 100%
• Natural Environment 50%
• Physical Properties 50%
• Lithic Assemblage 50%
• Africa 50%
• Early Pleistocene 50%
• Archaeological Record 50%
• Raw Material Quality 50%
• Human Behavior 50%
• Natural Experiment 50%
• Stone Tools 50%
• Design Tools 50%
• Technological System 50%
• Human Interaction 50%
• Lithic Raw Materials 50%
• Technological Variability 50%
• Technological Behavior 50%
• Pleistocene Hominins 50%
• Ethiopian Highlands 50%
• Material Efficiency 50%
• Decision Criteria 50%
• Produce Design 50%
• Raw Material Properties 50%
• Engineering Properties 50%
• Material Durability 50%

Engineering

• Material Quality 100%
• Design Tool 100%
• Engineering Property 100%
• Technological Behavior 100%

Material Science

• Physical Property 100%
• Tool Design 100%
• Material Selection 100%