  Shown within Indonesia | |
| Location | Flores, Indonesia |
|---|---|
| Region | So'a Basin |
| Coordinates | 8°41′31″S 121°05′43″E / 8.69194°S 121.09528°E |
| Type | open-air site |
| History | |
| Periods | early Middle Pleistocene |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1991-1992,[1] 1994,[1] 2004-2009,[2] 2010-2012,[3] 2013-2019 |
| Archaeologists | Theodor Verhoeven, Mike Morwood |
Mata Menge is an early Middle Pleistocene paleoanthropological site located in the Ola Bula Formation in the So'a Basin on the island of Flores, Indonesia. Lithic artefacts and hominin remains have been discovered at the site. The level of sophistication of the Mata Menge lithic artefacts is described as being 'simple'.[4]
- ^ a b Morwood 1997.
- ^ Brumm 2009.
- ^ Brumm 2016.
- ^ Brumm, Adam; Aziz, Fachroel; et al. (Jun 1, 2006). "Early stone technology on Flores and its implications for Homo floresiensis". Nature. 441 (7093): 624–8. doi:10.1038/nature04618. PMID 16738657.