| Resumo: | In this paper, preliminary results of surveys carried out in Western Bilate (Southern Ethiopia) are reported. These Quaternary deposits were first described as a result of work carried out by the Palaeoanthropological Inventory of Ethiopia in the late 1980’s (see WoldeGabriel et al. 1992, 2000). Here, mention was made of the existence of Pleistocene sediments in the area, and the presence of abundant concentrations of artifacts was pointed out. In 2006, the authors organized new systematic surveys in Bilate. A permit was granted by the Ethiopian Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ARCCH) for the western bank of the Bilate River, allowing us to survey the area between Lake Abaya in the south and Kulito town in the north (Figure 1). This was done using 1:50.000 maps covering Kilisa, Tebela, Sodo, Chericho, Shone, Ropi and Kulito. In what follows, we shall present the results of this preliminary geoarchaeological survey of the Western Bilate.
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