A Window into the Early–Middle Stone Age Transition in Northeastern Africa—A Marine Isotope Stage 7a/6 Late Acheulean Horizon from the EDAR 135 Site, Eastern Sahara (Sudan)

This paper presents the results of analysis a late Acheulean horizon from EDAR 135 site, which was discovered in Eastern Desert, Sudan, an area heavily transformed by modern mining activity. A lithic assemblage there, within layer gravel sediments formed paleostream humid period Middle Pleistocene. is OSL dated between 220 ± 12 and 145 20 ka (MIS 7a/6). These dates indicate that could be youngest trace northeastern Africa. Technological lithics reveals different core reduction strategies, including not only ad hoc ones based on multiplatform cores, but also discoidal prepared cores. The use methods has already been confirmed at other Late sites Africa East. Microwear traces observed artifacts relate to on-site butchering activities.