New excavations at the FLK Zinjanthropus site and its surrounding landscape and their behavioral implications

Quaternary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-332

  Dominguez Rodrigo M ^a,b   Bunn, H T ^c   Mabulla, A Z P ^d   Ashley, G M ^e   Diez Martin, F ^f   Barboni, D ^g   Prendergast, M E ^h   Yravedra, J ^b   Barba, R ^b   Sanchez A ⁱ   Baquedano, E ^a,j   Pickering, T R ^c,k  

^a Museo de los Origenes   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^j Museo Arqueologico Regional   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Landscape archaeology; Olduvai Gorge; Palaeoecology; Site formation; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY; OLDUVAI GORGE; PALAEOECOLOGY; SITE FORMATION; TAPHONOMY;

CLAY DEPOSITS; ECOLOGY; EXCAVATION; HISTORY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PREHISTORIC; SITE INVESTIGATION; TAPHONOMY;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

MYXUS CAPENSIS;

EID: 78649328050     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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