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Abstract
Agroundpenetratingradar(GPR)surveywasconductedattheFantaStream archaeologicalandpaleontologicalsiteduringtwofieldseasons(2009and2010). LocatedinthecityofAddisAbaba,Ethiopia,thesitecontainsarichassemblageof fossilmammalsandAcheuleanartifactslocatedinararehighaltitudecontext.The radarsurveyprovidesathreedimensionaldatavisualizationofthesubsurface thatcanbeusedforbothgeologicalmappingandplanningforexcavations. Stratigraphyatthesitecanbeobservedinthestreamscutbankandfromhand auguredcorescollectedin2009.Majorareasofinteresthavebeenhighlighted throughoutthissurveythathaveincreasedthesizeofthepreviouslydefinedsite boundaries.Informationgleanedfromthisstudyprovidespertinentinformation regardingtheextentoffossildepositsandservestoassistindelineatingthesiteto aidinitspreservationfromdestructionduetoindustrialandagriculturalpractices.