Early Hominid Activities at OlduvaiAldineTransaction - Всего страниц: 396 The earliest sites at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania are among the best documented and most important for studies of human evolution. This book investigates the behavior of hominids at Olduvai using data of stone tools and animal bones, as well as the results of work in taphonomy (how animals become fossils), the behavior of mammals, and a wide range of ecological theory and data. By illustrating the ways in which modern and prehistoric evidence is used in making interpretations, the author guides the reader through the geological, ecological, and archeological areas involved in the study of humans. Based on his study of the Olduvai excavations, animal life, and stone tools, the author carefully examines conventional views and proposals about the early Olduvai sites. First, the evidence of site geology, tool cut marks, and other clues to the formation of the Olduvai sites are explored. On this basis, the large mammal communities in which early hominids lived are investigated, using methods which compare sites produced mainly by hominids with others made by carnivores. Questions about hominid hunting, scavenging, and the importance of eating meat are then scrutinized. The leading alternative positions on each issue are discussed, providing a basis for understanding some of the most contentious debates in paleo-anthropology today. The dominant interpretive model for the artifact and bone accumulations at Olduvai and other Plio-Pleistocene sites has been that they represent "home bases," social foci similar to the campsites of hunter-gatherers. Based on paleo-ecological evidence and ecological models, the author critically analyzes the home base interpretation and proposes alternative views. A new view of the Olduvai sitesâ that they represent stone caches where hominids processed carcasses for foodâ is shown to have important implications for our understanding of hominid social behavior and evolution. |
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... Sites of Bed I Olduvai Gorge Ancient Environments The Study Sites Part II. Formation of the Olduvai Sites Chapter 3. Concentrations of Bones and Artifacts Clustering of Bones on Landscapes Clustering of Artifacts on Landscapes Duration ...
... Bed I Olduvai 178 Further Comparisons to Modern Savannas 184 Ecological Overlap among Carcass Users 196 Use of Different Resources 199 Destruction or Removal of Carcass Parts 201 Avoiding the Same Sites ... Site DK Appendix B: Site FLKNN-3 ...
... Bed I is a landmark publication in the field of early human archeology. Richard Hay's research on the overall ... sites (Hay, 1976). The publications by Leakey and by Hay comprise the foundation for the present research on hominid ...
... sites of Bed I Olduvai were underway and were beginning to be published. These include the studies by Pat Shipman, Henry Bunn, and Lewis Binford. As discussed briefly in this book, there have been some intriguing convergences and ...
Richard Potts. Long K, a site located at the top of Bed I. Long K was not part of the original plans for this book. Yet during the writing, the analysis of this site proved so intriguing as to warrant inclusion of the fresh results in ...
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Physical Agents of Concentration | 57 |
Behavioral Agents of Bone Accumulation | 81 |
Paleocommunities and Environments of Olduvai | 153 |
Obtaining Resources and Accumulating Debris | 203 |
A Prelude to Home Bases | 249 |
Conclusion | 297 |
Bibliography | 313 |
Site DK | 333 |
Site FLKNN3 | 351 |
Site FLK22 | 370 |
Index | 390 |
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