Konso-Gardula

Konso-Gardula is a palaeoanthropological site that was discovered in 1991. In this site the sediments span period is about 1.3 – 1.9 million years ago. This area is rich in Acheulean archaeological phenomenon and vertebrate fossils (early Homo). Both Homo erectus and Australopithecus boisei are found at the circum of 1.4Ma level in Konso (www.nature.com/articles/360732a0). From the simple flake to knapping of large flake blank are found at least two areas of Konso-Gardula. It was also shown that large flakes from mega-core and shaping of large cutting tools had started by 1.75Ma (https://carta.anthropogeny.org/events/sessions/archaeology-konso-gardula).