Did Homo erectus kill a Pelorovis herd at BK (Olduvai Gorge)? A taphonomic study of BK5

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 601-624

  Organista, Elia ^a   Domínguez Rodrigo, Manuel ^a,b   Egeland, Charles P ^c   Uribelarrea, David ^a   Mabulla, Audax ^d   Baquedano, Enrique ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Museo de los Origenes   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e Museo Arqueologico Regional   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cut marks; Hunted; Lower Pleistocene archeology; Megafaunal; Olduvai George; Percussion marks; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984643814     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-015-0241-8     Document Type: Article

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