Introduction

The realization of this Website is one of the main objectives of the Culture 2000 project “From the Past to the Present in Ethiopian Prehistory.
An Interactive Museum for the Archaeological Park of the Early Palaeolithic site of Melka Kunture”- Agreement n. 2006 – 1033/001 -001 CLT CA12.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Applicant organisation:

Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche
Archeologiche e Antropologiche dell'Antichità
University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy).
Website: http://w3.uniroma1.it/archeologia/

Project leader:

Marcello Piperno.

Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche,
Archeologiche e Antropologiche dell'Antichità,
University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy).

Co-organisers:

Centro di Geotecnologie (CGT).

University of Siena (Italy)
Website: http://www.geotecnologie.unisi.it/

Institut de Préhistoire et Géologie du Quaternaire (IPGQ)

University of Bordeaux I - UMR 5199 CNRS PACEA (France)
Website: http://www.ipgq.u-bordeaux1.fr

The International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede (The Netherlands)

Website: http://www.itc.nl/

Partner:

Department of Geology and Geophysics

Faculty of Science - Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia)
Website: http://www.geocities.com/asfawossena/index-dggaau.html

Fundings:

European Commission
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy)
University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy)
Centro di Geotecnologie (CGT), University of Siena (Italy)
Institut de Préhistoire et Géologie du Quaternaire (IPGQ),
University of Bordeaux I - UMR 5199 CNRS PACEA (France)
Aquitania Region (France)
The International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede (The Netherlands)