Deconstructing Olduvai: A Taphonomic Study of the Bed I Sites

1. The “home base” debate
C. P. Egeland, M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba

2. The Hunting-versus-scavenging debate
C. P. Egeland, M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba

3. The “physical attribute” taphonomic approach
C. P. Egeland, M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba

4. Geological and paleoecological overview of Olduvai Gorge
C. P. Egeland, M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba

5. New estimates of tooth-mark and percussion-mark frequencies at the FLK Zinjanthropus level: the carn
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba

6. The behavioral meaning of cut marks at the FLK Zinj level: the carnivore-hominid-carnivore hypothesis falsified (II)
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba

7. A cautionary tale about early archaeological sites: a reanalysis of FLK North 6
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba, I. De la Torre, R. Mora

8. A palimpsest at FLK North 1-2: independent carnivore- and hominid-made bone accumulations
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba

9. A taphonomic study of FLK North 3 and 4: a felid-hyaenid and hominid palimpsest
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba, E. Organista

10. Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of FLK North 5
C. P. Egeland

11. Natural background bone assemblages and their ravaging stages in Olduvai Bed I
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, E. Organista

12. FLK North North 1: “living floor” or natural accumulation?
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba

13. Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of FLK North North 2
C. P. Egeland

14. Reanalysis of FLK North North 3: yet another case of a palimpsest?
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba

15. Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of the DK site
C. P. Egeland

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