The prehistory of Melka Kunture (Ethiopia)

A brief history of discoveries and researchesThe site of Melka Kunture was discovered and proposed to the attention of the Ethiopian Archaeological Service for the first time in 1963 by G. Dekker. The same year a French prehistorian archaeologist, G. Bailloud, carried out the first surface surveys and collected important lithic materials and faunal remains. Since 1965, a French-Ethiopian mission directed by Jean Chavaillon faced to the systematic investigation of the Paleolithic site through ..