List of figures ......................................... page viii
List of tables .................................................. x
List of plates ................................................ xii
Introductory Note ............................................ xiii
Acknowledgements ............................................... xv
List of abbreviations ......................................... xvi
Introduction
M.D. Leakey .................................................... 1
1 Geology and dating of Beds III, IV and the Masek Beds
R.L. Hay, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ......... 8
2 Bed III. Site JK (Juma's Korongo)
M.D. Leakey ................................................. 15
3 The base of Bed IV. WK Hippo Cliff, PDK Trench IV, WK
Lower Channel
M.D. Leakey ................................................. 36
4 Lower Bed IV. HEB East, HEB and HEB West, WK
Intermediate Channel
M.D. Leakey ................................................. 45
5 Upper Bed IV. WK Upper Channel, WK East A and C, PDK
Trenches I—III, HEB West Level I
M.D. Leakey ................................................. 75
6 The Masek Beds and sites in uncertain stratigraphic
positions
M.D.Leakey ................................................. 116
7 The fauna
M.D.Leakey ................................................. 130
8 A metrical analysis of selected sets of handaxes and cleavers
from Olduvai Gorge
D.A. Roe Donald, Baden-Powell Quaternary Research Centre,
University of Oxford ....................................... 146
9 The Olduvai bifaces: technology and raw materials
P. Callow, University of Cambridge ......................... 235
10 Results of experimental work in relation to the stone industries
of Olduvai
Gorge P.R. Jones ........................................... 254
11 Summary and overview D. A. Roe ............................. 299
Appendix A. Modified bones from Beds III and IV M.D. Leakey ... 311
Appendix B. Mapping of an archaeological site at Olduvai Gorge
Celia K. Nyamweru St Lawrence University, New York ............ 315
References .................................................... 321
Index ......................................................... 323
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