Deconstructing Olduvai: A Taphonomic Study of the Bed I Sites

by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Charles P. Egeland, Rebeca Barba

Book Overview

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 often over the socioeconomic function of early sites. poorly preserved. For example, at Koobi Fora, Influential models of early hominid behavior Kenya,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400786778
• ISBN13: 9789400786776
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 11.0"