Deconstructing Olduvai a taphonomic study of the Bed 1 sites /

Plio-Pleistocene sites are a rare occurrence in same sites. This combination of factors is the archaeological record. When they are unique in East African Plio-Pleistocene uncovered, the faunal materials so crucial to archaeology and has stimulated much debate unlocking their behavioral meaning are...

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Main Author: Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Barba Egido, Rebeca, Egeland, Charles P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, [2007]
Series:Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 337 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Subjects:
Fossil hominids -- Tanzania -- Olduvai Gorge.
Paleontology -- Pleistocene.
Paleoanthropology -- Tanzania -- Olduvai Gorge.
Animals, Fossil -- Tanzania -- Olduvai Gorge.
Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) -- Antiquities.
Online Access:SpringerLink - Click here for access
Contents:
  • The "home base" debate / M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, C.P. Egeland and R. Barba
  • The hunting-versus-scavenging debate / M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, C.P. Egeland and R. Barba
  • The "physical attribute" taphonomic approach / M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, C.P. Egeland and R. Barba
  • Geological and paleoecological overview of Olduvai Gorge / C.P. Egeland. M. Domínguez-Rodrigo and R. Barba
  • New estimates of tooth-mark and percussion-mark frequencies at the FLK Zinjanthropus level : the carnivore-hominid-carnivore hypothesis falsified. 1 / M. Domínguez-Rodrigo and R. Barba
  • The behavioral meaning of cut marks at the FLK Zinj level : the carnivore-hominid-carnivore hypothesis falsified. 2 / M. Domínguez-Rodrigo and R. Barba
  • A cautionary tale about early archaeological sites : a reanalysis of FLK North 6 / M. Domínguez-Rodrigo [and others]
  • A palimpsest at FLK North 1-2 : independent carnivore- and hominid-made bone accumulations / M. Domínguez-Rodrigo and R. Barba
  • A taphonomic study of FLK North 3 and 4 : a felid-hyaenid and hominid palimpsest / M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba and E. Organista
  • Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of FLK North 5 / C.P. Egeland
  • Natural background bone assemblages and their ravaging stages in Olduvai Bed 1 / M. Domínguez-Rodrigo and E. Organista
  • FLK North North 1 : "living floor" or natural accumulation? / R. Barba and M. Domínguez-Rodrigo
  • Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of FLK North North 2 / C.P. Egeland
  • Reanalysis of FLK North North 3 : yet another case of a palimpsest? / M. Domínguez-Rodrigo and R. Barba
  • Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of of the DK site / C.P. Egeland.

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