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Domínguez-Rodrigo PhD, Manuel; Cobo-Sánchez PhD, Lucía; Baquedano PhD, Enrique; Mabulla PhD, Audax; Gidna PhD, Agness; Diez-Martin PhD, Fernando
Language: English
Published by Academic Press, 2024
- Softcover
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- Title
- Reconstructing Olduvai: The Behavior of Early Humans at David's Site
- Author
- Domínguez-Rodrigo PhD, Manuel; Cobo-Sánchez PhD, Lucía; Baquedano PhD, Enrique; Mabulla PhD, Audax; Gidna PhD, Agness; Diez-Martin PhD, Fernando
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0443273820
- ISBN 13
- 9780443273827
- Item weight
- 1,108 grams
Written by leaders of present-day excavations at Olduvai Gorge, this book is systematically divided into three parts to deliver a clear account of the research advancements at David's Site. Part I focuses on the presentation of the site and the description of its geological and palaeoecological reconstruction. Part II examines hominin feeding habits, including how they brought, processed, and consumed animals at the site. Part III explores hominin technologies, including reconstruction of the stone-tool activities carried out at the site.
• Describes the discovery and excavation of David’s Site (DS) at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania • Details the geological and paleoecological reconstruction of all Olduvai Gorge Bed I sites • Summarizes the impact of taphonomic analyses at Bed I sites on our understanding of early human behaviors • Explores the dietary habits and technologies of early Pleistocene hominins
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About the Author
Dr. Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo is a Professor of Prehistory in the University of Alcalá’s Department of History and Philosophy. He is co-director of Institute of Evolution in Africa (IDEA) and of the Olduvai Palaeoanthropology and Palaeoecology Project (TOPPP). He has also co-directed paleoanthropological projects in Peninj, Eyasi, and Olduvai Gorge and has been guest professor at the Universities of Harvard, Rutgers, St. Louis, and Rice. His specialties are taphonomy and palaoanthropology.
Dr. Lucía Cobo-Sánchez is a Researcher with the Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior (ICArEHB) at the University of Algarve. She obtained her PhD in Archaeology from the University Complutense, and her research focuses on subsistence and socio-ecological adaptations of hominins. Dr. Cobo-Sánchez’s fieldwork spans South Africa, Namibia, Iberia, Germany, and Tanzania. She is a collaborator with IDEA in several studies of early Pleistocene sites in Olduvai Gorge.
Dr. Enrique Baquedano is co-director of the Institute of Evolution in Africa (IDEA) and Visiting Professor at the University of Alcalá. He is director of the Regional Archaeological Museum and co-director of the Olduvai Palaeoanthropology and Palaeoecology Project (TOPPP). His research focuses on taphonomy and historiography.
Dr. Audax Mabulla is Associate Professor of Archaeology and Heritage Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam and Field Coordinator of the University’s Archaeology Unit. His research focuses on modern-day Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania’s Lake Eyasi Basin, and he is an active champion of the land rights of the Hadza.
Dr. Agness Gidna is principal conservator at the National Museum of Tanzania. She obtained her PhD from the University of Alcalá and is a founder of the largest Pastoral Neolithic site in sub-saharan Africa (Luxmanda Site). She is the first Tanzanian woman to hold a doctorate in Physical Anthropology and the first female research director at Olduvai Gorge, where she is a co-principal investigator of the Olduvai Palaeoanthropology and Palaeoecology Project (TOPPP).
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