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

• Eduardo Paixão ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eduardo.paixao@leiza.de

  Affiliations ICArEHB–Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, Laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments (TraCEr), MONREPOS -Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution, LEIZA -Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie, Mainz, Germany, Department of Prehistory, Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0850-1806

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• Tegenu Gossa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Prehistory, Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Department of History and Heritage Management, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2952-5754

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• Walter Gneisinger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments (TraCEr), MONREPOS -Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution, LEIZA -Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie, Mainz, Germany

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• João Marreiros,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations ICArEHB–Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, Laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments (TraCEr), MONREPOS -Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution, LEIZA -Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie, Mainz, Germany, Department of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology, Institute of Ancient Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

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• Sören Tholen,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tectonics and Structural Geology Working Group, Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

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• Ivan Calandra,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments (TraCEr), MONREPOS -Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution, LEIZA -Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie, Mainz, Germany, Imaging Platform At LEIZA (IMPALA), LEIZA, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3816-6359

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• Erella Hovers

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Prehistory, Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7855-6573

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