Potts R. Early hominid activities at Olduvai. - New York: A. de Gruyter, 1988 (2011). - xi, 396 p.: ill. - (Foundations of human behavior). - Bibliogr.: p.313-332. - Ind.: p.390-396. - ISBN 978-0-202-36396-7  Место хранения:   088 | Институт археологии и этнографии СО РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

Preface Part I. Bed I Olduvai: A Case Study in Paleoanthropological Inference Chapter 1 Introduction ......................................... 3 The Home Base Hypothesis ........................................ 6 The Method of Inquiry ........................................... 9 Chapter 2. The Sites of Bed I Olduvai Gorge .................... 15 Ancient Environments ........................................... 18 The Study Sites ................................................ 23 Part II. Formation of the Olduvai Sites Chapter 3. Concentrations of Bones and Artifacts ............... 37 Clustering of Bones on Landscapes .............................. 37 Clustering of Artifacts on Landscapes .......................... 46 Duration of Bone Accumulation .................................. 48 Chapter 4. Physical Agents of Concentration .................... 57 The Water Transport Hypothesis ................................. 57 Nonhominid Accumulation: The Case of Fort Ternan ............... 69 Chapter 5. Behavioral Agents of Bone Accumulation .............. 81 Introduction ................................................... 81 Porcupines ..................................................... 81 Leopards ....................................................... 82 Hyenas ......................................................... 82 Tooth Marks and Cut Marks ...................................... 83 Carnivore Activity at Olduvai ................................. 101 The Role of Hominids .......................................... 129 Chapter 6. Conclusions on Olduvai Taphonomy ................... 133 Discerning Hominid from Carnivore Contributions to Sites ...... 136 FLK North-6: Butchery Site? ................................... 147 Part III. Hominid Behavior and Paleoecology Chapter 7. Paleocommunities and Environments of Olduvai ....... 153 Introduction .................................................. 153 Inferring Paleoecology from Faunal Assemblages ................ 154 Frequencies of Animals in Modern Savannas ..................... 168 Paleoecology of Bed I Olduvai ................................. 178 Further Comparisons to Modern Savannas ........................ 184 Ecological Overlap among Carcass Users ........................ 196 Use of Different Resources .................................... 199 Destruction or Removal of Carcass Parts ....................... 201 Avoiding the Same Sites at the Same Time ...................... 202 Chapter 8. Obtaining Resources and Accumulating Debris ........ 203 Hunting and Scavenging ........................................ 203 Inferences from Bed I Olduvai ................................. 208 Timing of Hominid and Carnivore Access to Carcasses ........... 221 Diet and Eating Meat .......................................... 228 Hunting, Scavenging, and Eating Meat: An Overview ............. 233 Stone Artifacts: Transport and Accumulation ................... 235 Overview ...................................................... 246 Chapter 9. Resource Transport: A Prelude to Home Bases ........ 249 The Home Base Concept ......................................... 249 Critique of the Home Base Interpretation ...................... 253 Alternatives to the Home Base Hypothesis ...................... 258 The Energetic Effort of Site Production ....................... 264 Resource Transport ............................................ 278 Implications of Late Origins of Home Base Behavior ............ 293 Chapter 10. Conclusion ........................................ 297 A Hierarchy of Inferences ..................................... 297 Hominid Behavior and Paleoecology at Olduvai .................. 300 Differences among Researchers ................................. 306 Behavioral Variation in Time and Space ........................ 309 Bibliography .................................................. 313 Appendix A: Site DK ........................................... 333 Appendix B: Site FLKNN-3 ...................................... 351 Appendix C: FLKNN-2 ........................................... 361 Appendix D: Site FLK-22 ....................................... 369 Appendix E: Site FLK North-6 .................................. 381 Index ......................................................... 390