Dietary traits of the ungulates from the HWK EE site at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania): Diachronic changes and seasonality.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.08.011
Abstract: The Oldowan site HWK EE (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania) has yielded a large fossil and stone tool assemblage at the transition from Lower to Middle Bed II, ∼1.7 Ma. Integrated tooth wear and stable isotope analyses were… read more here.
Keywords: dietary traits; tooth wear; olduvai gorge; site ... See more keywords
Pounding tools in HWK EE and EF-HR (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): Percussive activities in the Oldowan-Acheulean transition.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.10.005
Abstract: In this paper, we present pounded objects from excavations at HWK EE and EF-HR, which are studied from macro and microscopic perspectives. Analysis of HWK EE revealed one of the largest collections of percussive objects… read more here.
Keywords: activities oldowan; olduvai gorge; acheulean transition; oldowan acheulean ... See more keywords
Oldowan technological behaviour at HWK EE (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania).
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.04.001
Abstract: HWK EE (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania) is a late Oldowan site dated to ∼1.7 Ma that contains a large fossil and lithic assemblage. This paper reports on the technology of the recently excavated stone tool collection, over… read more here.
Keywords: oldowan technological; olduvai gorge; hwk olduvai; gorge tanzania ... See more keywords
Taphonomic analysis of the level 3b fauna at BK, Olduvai Gorge
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.06.020
Abstract: Abstract The association of stone tools and modified bones at archaeological African Plio-Pleistocene sites is essential to understanding the socio-economics of early hominin behavior. Previous research at BK suggests the site was repeatedly visited by… read more here.
Keywords: level fauna; olduvai gorge; fauna olduvai; analysis level ... See more keywords
A faltering origin for the Acheulean? Technological and cognitive implications from FLK West (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.09.023
Abstract: Abstract The discovery in FLK West lowermost level 6 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania) of a massive and symmetrical handaxe, at odds both with the other LCT specimens so far unearthed from this site and with the… read more here.
Keywords: olduvai gorge; technological cognitive; flk west; faltering origin ... See more keywords
River-fed wetland palaeovegetation and palaeoecology at the HWK W site, Bed I, Olduvai Gorge
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DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.09.010
Abstract: Abstract Palaeolandscape studies are an essential tool for understanding adaptation and use of plant- and water-related affordances by hominins. A number of high-resolution palaeolandscape analyses have been carried out at Olduvai Gorge (northern Tanzania) over… read more here.
Keywords: hwk site; river fed; olduvai gorge; hwk ... See more keywords
FLK West (Lower Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): a new early Acheulean site with evidence for human exploitation of fauna
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DOI: 10.1111/bor.12243
Abstract: This paper presents a detailed taphonomic study of the faunal assemblage from FLK West (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania), a site with an Acheulean component that dates to 1.7 Ma. The faunal sample analysed here is distributed in… read more here.
Keywords: bed; olduvai gorge; flk west; evidence ... See more keywords
A case of hominin scavenging 1.84 million years ago from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania).
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DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14727
Abstract: Meat eating is one of the hallmarks of human evolution. It has been linked to the beginning of stone tool use, to physiological changes leading to crucial anatomical transformations defining our genus, and to new… read more here.
Keywords: years ago; million years; case hominin; hominin scavenging ... See more keywords
Whole-rock geochemistry tracks precessional control of Pleistocene lake salinity at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: A record of authigenic clays
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DOI: 10.1130/g38950.1
Abstract: The paleoclimatic framework of human evolution is central to the study of human origins. Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, has a rich paleontological record, including four hominin species. We analyzed 177 mudstone samples from a lacustrine section,… read more here.
Keywords: whole rock; record; olduvai gorge; geochemistry ... See more keywords
Tracing the spatial imprint of Oldowan technological behaviors: A view from DS (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254603
Abstract: DS (David’s site) is one of the new archaeological sites documented in the same paleolandscape in which FLK 22 was deposited at about 1.85 Ma in Olduvai Gorge. Fieldwork in DS has unearthed the largest… read more here.
Keywords: imprint oldowan; tracing spatial; olduvai gorge; technological behaviors ... See more keywords