Ust of figures ................................................. ix
List of tables ................................................ xii
Ust of plates ................................................ xiii
Introductory Note .............................................. xv
Foreword by Professor J.D. Clark ............................. xvii
Acknowledgements ............................................... xx
Map .......................................................... xxii
Introduction .................................................... 1
Geologic Background of Beds I and II: Stratigraphie Summary by
Professor R.L. Hay .............................................. 9
PART I
I Lower Bed I. Site DK and Site FLK NN: Level 4 ............. 21
II Middle Bed I. Site FLK NN: Levels 1-3. Site FLK: the
'Zinjanthropus' Level and the Upper Levels ................ 40
III Upper Bed I and Lower Bed II. Site FLK North: Levels
1-6, the Clay with root casts and the Deinotherium
Level. Site HWK East: Levels 1 and 2 ...................... 61
IV The lower part of Middle Bed II. Site HWK East: the
Sandy Conglomerate: Levels 3-5. Site FLK North: the
Sandy Conglomerate. The Skull Site at MNK ................. 96
V The upper part of Middle Bed II. Site EF-HR. The Main
Occupation Site at MNK. Sites FC West and FC. Site SHK ... 124
VI Upper Bed II. Sites TK and BK ............................ 172
PART II
VII The discoveries of hominid remains ....................... 225
VIII Mammalian bones from Beds I and II with evidence of
hominid modification ..................................... 235
IX The faunal remains from the living sites in Beds I and
II ....................................................... 248
X Summary and discussion ................................... 258
Appendix A List of the recorded sites in Olduvai Gorge ....... 282
Appendix В List of identified faunal remains from known
stratigraphie horizons in Beds I and II by
Margaret Leakey ................................... 290
References .................................................... 295
Index ......................................................... 301
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