Description
Book Synopsis
This volume, written largely by Mary Leakey herself, is the last of the reports on the Olduvai excavation and records the archaeological finds in the upper part of the Olduvai sequence from excavations carried out from the end of 1968 until 1971.
Trade Review
"...an indispensable record of the later part of the earlier Paleolithic at Olduvai Gorge....It contains the essential data from which theoretical constructs can begin to be attempted....an essential reference work for all who wish to understand the Lower Paleolithic." J. Desmond Clark, American Anthropologist
"There is no question that this is an important volume and one that was put together with a great deal of care. The basic data that are supplied here in such detail fill an important void in our understanding of the Olduvai sequence and it will undoubtedly be put to good use to further our understanding of this remote period." Murray C. McClellan, Journal of Field Archaeology
"...Mary Leakey should be congratulated for creating a way to study and to describe it to the general archaeological community." Pamela R. Willoughby, Canadian Jrnl of Archaeology
Table of Contents
List of figures; List of tables; List of plates; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Geology and dating of Beds III, IV and the Masek Beds R. L. Hay; 2. Bed III, J. K. (Juma's Korongo) Mary Leakey; 3. The base of Bed IV, WK Hippo Cliff, PDK Trench IV, WK the Lower Channel Mary Leakey; 4. Lower Bed IV. HEB East, HEB and HEB West, WK Intermediate Channel Mary Leakey; 5. Upper Bed IV. WK, Upper Channel, WK East A and C, PDK Trenches I-III, HEB West Level I Mary Leakey; 6. The Masek Beds and Sites in uncertain context Mary Leakey; 7. The Fauna Mary Leakey; 8. A metrical analysis of selected sets of handaxes and cleavers from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania D. A. Roe; 9. The Olduvai bifaces: technology and raw materials P. Callow; 10. Results of experimental work in relation to the Stone Industries of Olduvai Gorge P. R. Jones; Sumary and overview D. A. Roe; Appendix A. Modified bones from Beds III and IV; Appendix B. Mapping of an archaeological site at Olduvai Gorge Celia K. Nyamweru; References; Index.
