Table 1.

Contexts of Early Acheulean handaxe-bearing assemblages in East Africa (see selection criteria in caption of figure 2).

area	site	age	stratigraphic interval	context	regional setting	main references
Peninj	RHS-Mugulud	1.6–1.3	Humbu Formation-USC	fluvial	lacustrine basin	[77]
	MHS-Bayasi	1.6–1.3	Humbu Formation-USC	fluvial	lacustrine basin	[77]
Olduvai	BK	1.6–1.3	Upper Bed II	lake-margin floodplain/alluvial fan	lacustrine basin	[42,78]
	TK	1.6–1.3	Upper Bed II	lake-margin floodplain/alluvial fan	lacustrine basin	[42,78]
	EFHR	1.6–1.3	Middle/Upper Bed II	lake-margin floodplain/alluvial fan	lacustrine basin	[42,78]
	SHK	1.6–1.3	Middle Bed II	lake-margin floodplain/alluvial fan	lacustrine basin	[42,78]
	FC West	1.6–1.3	Middle Bed II	lake-margin floodplain/alluvial fan	lacustrine basin	[42,78]
	MNK Main	1.6–1.3	Middle Bed II	lake-margin floodplain/alluvial fan	lacustrine basin	[42,78]
	FLK West	1.69–1.66	Middle Bed II	river channel	lacustrine basin	[67]
Gona	BSN-12	1.5–1.7	Upper Busidima	fluvial	major river valley	[60]
	BSN-17	1.5–1.7	Upper Busidima	fluvial	major river valley	[60]
	OGS-12	1.5–1.6	Upper Busidima	fluvial-tributary	major river valley	[60]
	OGS-5	1.4–1.5	Upper Busidima	fluvial-tributary	major river valley	[60]
	DAN-5	1.5–1.7	Upper Busidima	fluvial-main stream	major river valley	[60]
Konso	KGA7-A3	1.4	Karat Member-Interval 5	lake-margin floodplain/alluvial fan	lacustrine basin	[59,75]
	KGA7-A2	1.4	Karat Member-Interval 5	lake-margin floodplain/alluvial fan	lacustrine basin	[59,75]
	KGA7-A1	1.4	Karat Member-Interval 5	lake-margin floodplain/alluvial fan	lacustrine basin	[59,75]
	KGA10-A11	1.45	Kayle Member-Interval 4	lake-margin floodplain/alluvial fan	lacustrine basin	[59,75]
	KGA4-A2	1.6	Kayle Member-Interval 3	lake-margin floodplain	lacustrine basin	[59,75]
	KGA6-A1	1.75	Kayle Member-Interval 2	lake-margin floodplain/alluvial fan	lacustrine basin	[59,75]
West Turkana	KS-4	1.76	Middle Kaitio Member	lake-margin floodplain	lacustrine basin	[58]