Description: Olduvai Gorge : Excavations in Beds I and II, 1, Paperback by Leakey, M. D.; Clark, J. D. (FRW), ISBN 0521105188, ISBN-13 9780521105187, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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 million years for the lowest level and 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.
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Book Title: Olduvai Gorge : Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960-1963
Number of Pages: 376 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Olduvai Gorge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 8.3 in
Subject: Archaeology, Anthropology / Physical, Paleontology, Hand Tools
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 30 Oz
Author: M. D. Leakey
Subject Area: House & Home, Social Science, Science
Item Length: 11 in
Series: Olduvai Gorge 5 Volume Paperback Set Ser.
Item Width: 0.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
