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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo , Rebeca Barba , Charles P. EgelandPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: 2007 ed. Dimensions: Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 28.00cm Weight: 0.877kg ISBN: 9789400786776ISBN 10: 9400786778 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 18 September 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsThe “home base” debate.- The Hunting-versus-scavenging debate.- The “physical attribute” taphonomic approach.- Geological and paleoecological overview of Olduvai Gorge.- New estimates of tooth-mark and percussion-mark frequencies at the FLK Zinjanthropus level: the carn.- The behavioral meaning of cut marks at the FLK Zinj level: the carnivore-hominid-carnivore hypothesis falsified (II).- A cautionary tale about early archaeological sites: a reanalysis of FLK North 6.- A palimpsest at FLK North 1-2: independent carnivore- and hominid-made bone accumulations.- A taphonomic study of FLK North 3 and 4: a felid-hyaenid and hominid palimpsest.- Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of FLK North 5.- Natural background bone assemblages and their ravaging stages in Olduvai Bed I.- FLK North North 1: “living floor” or natural accumulation?.- Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of FLK North North 2.- Reanalysis of FLK North North 3: yet another case of a palimpsest?.- Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of the DK site.ReviewsFrom the reviews: The book is divided into 16 chapters. ... The monograph is data-rich, with abundant tables for each studied strata listing species and skeletal part representation, as well as graphical summaries of the locations of each individual surface modification (whether by hominin or carnivore) on bovid long bones. ... Deconstructing Olduvai is an important paleoanthropological contribution ... . Christian A. Tryon, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2008. This volume provides a fresh look at an old issue - i.e. that hominins were primary agents in the formation of these sites - and suggests that site formation is heterogeneous and complicated during Bed I times at Olduvai Gorge. Journal of Human Evolution, 31 August 2009 "From the reviews: ""The book is divided into 16 chapters. … The monograph is data-rich, with abundant tables for each studied strata listing species and skeletal part representation, as well as graphical summaries of the locations of each individual surface modification (whether by hominin or carnivore) on bovid long bones. … Deconstructing Olduvai is an important paleoanthropological contribution … ."" Christian A. Tryon, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2008. ""This volume provides a fresh look at an old issue – i.e. that hominins were primary agents in the formation of these sites – and suggests that site formation is heterogeneous and complicated during Bed I times at Olduvai Gorge."" Journal of Human Evolution, 31 August 2009" Author InformationManuel Domínguez-Rodrigo is a professor of Archaeology in the Department of Prehistory of the Complutense University, Madrid. He is co-editor of Journal of Taphonomy. He has been the head of research projects on human evolution conducted in Peninj, Eyasi and Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), as well as having participated in research conducted in Gona (Ethiopia) and Swartkrans (South Africa). He is associate researcher of the National Museums of Kenya. Rebeca Barba got her doctorate in Archaeology in the Complutense University under the supervision of MDR. She has conducted research in Peninj and Olduvai. He is associate researcher of the National Museums of Kenya. Charles P. Egeland recently recieved his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Indiana University in Bloomington. In addition to his work in Tanzania, he has conducted field and lab research in South Africa, Kenya, Germany and several U.S. states. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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