Author: Mary Douglas LeakeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Olduvai Gorge
Author: Mary Douglas LeakeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Olduvai Gorge: Volume 3, Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960-1963
Author: M. D. LeakeyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Olduvai Groge is a valley in the Serengeti Plains at the western margin of the Eastern Rift Valley in northern Tanzania. The formations discussed in this volume, Beds I and II, were deposited in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene and have yielded large quantities of the remains of early man, in the form of bones and stone tools and evidence of the environment in which they lived. Bed I, in which remains of Australopithecus boisei and Homo habilis have been found, is firmly dated between 1.9 million years for the lowest level and 1.65 million years for a level below the top. This third volume describes the excavations. In Part I, starting with the lowest levels and devoting a chapter to each main level, Dr Leakey describes the actual process of excavation and the finding of the principal remains. In Part II, Dr Leakey describes the circumstances of the discovery of the hominid skeletal remains. These range from purposive excavation to accidental discovery while collecting small stones for mixing in concrete. Finally, mammalian bones, as tools and as food remains are discussed.
Olduvai Gorge, 1951-61: Excavations in beds I and II, 1960-1963, by M.D. Leakey
Author: Olduvai Gorge: Volume 5, Excavations in Beds III, IV and the Masek Beds
Author: Mary LeakeyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521334037
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
At Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania, natural erosion exposed a series of superimposed geological beds containing rich artifacts and fossil assemblages spanning the past 1.8 million years. The site is famous as a result of excavations conducted there since 1951 under the direction of Mary Leakey and her husband, the late Louis Leakey. This book records the archaeological finds in the upper part of the Olduvai Gorge sequence, covering the period 1.2 to 0.4 million years ago, and includes artifacts and faunal remains excavated from sites in Beds III, IV and the Masek Beds.
Olduvai Gorge, V.3 Excavation in Beds I and II, 1960-1963
Author: Mary Douglas LeakeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Olduvai Gorge: Volume 3, Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960-1963
Author: M. D. LeakeyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521077230
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The third volume of the definitive publication of the remains of early man found at Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania.
Olduvai Gorge. Vol. 3, Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960-63
Author: M.D. LeakeyOlduvai Gorge
Author: Olduvai Gorge: Volume 5, Excavations in Beds III, IV and the Masek Beds
Author: Mary LeakeyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521334037
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
At Olduvai Gorge natural erosion exposed a deep series of superimposed geological beds containing rich artefact and fossil assemblages spanning the last 1.8 million years. The sire ot famous as a rsult of excavations conducted there since 1951 under the direction of Mary Leakey and her husband, the late Louis Leakey. This volume, written largely by Mary Leakey herself, is the last of the reports and records the archaeological finds in the upper part of the Olduvai sequence from excavations carried out from the end of 1968 until 1971. The period covered here is from about 1.2 to 0.4 million years ago and th efinds include artefacts and faunal remains excavated from sites in beds II, IV na the Masek beds. The volume follows on from the archaeological record in beds I and II published in volume 3 of the series.
Olduvai Gorge, 1951-1961: Excavations in beds III, IV, and the Masek beds, 1968-1971
Author: Louis Seymour Bazett LeakeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australopithecines
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
At Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania natural erosion exposed a series of superimposed geological beds containing rich artefacts and fossil assemblages spanning the last 1.8 million years. The site is famous for the excavations conducted there since 1951 under the direction of Mary Leakey and her husband. This book records the archaeological finds in the upper part of the Olduvai Gorge sequence, covering the period 1.2 to 0.4 million years ago, and includes artefacts and faunal remains excavated from sites in Beds III, IV and the Masek Beds. Mary Leakey's analysis is supported by chapters from other authors summarising the geological background and providing detailed analyses of the manufacture and use of tools found on the site.