Contributors ................................................... ix
Acknowledgements ............................................... xi
Preface ...................................................... xiii
1. The "home base" debate ...................................... 1
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, C.P Egeland, and R. Barba
2. The Hunting-versus-scavenging debate ....................... 11
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, C.P. Egeland, and R. Barba
3. The "physical attribute" taphonomic approach ............... 23
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, C.P. Egeland, and R. Barba
4. Geological and paleoecological overview of Olduvai Gorge ... 33
C.P. Egeland, M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, and R. Barba
5. New estimates of tooth-mark and percussion-mark
frequencies at the FLK Zinjanthropus level: the
carnivore-hominid-carnivore hypothesis falsified (I) ....... 39
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo and R. Barba
6. The behavioral meaning of cut marks at the FLK Zinj
level: the carnivore-hominid-carnivore hypothesis
falsified (II) ............................................. 75
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo and R. Barba
7. A cautionary tale about early archaeological sites:
a reanalysis of FLK North 6 ............................... 101
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba, I. De la Torre, and
R. Mora
8. A palimpsest at FLK North 1-2: independent carnivore-
and hominid-made bone accumulations ....................... 127
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo and R. Barba
9. A taphonomic study of FLK North 3 and 4: a felid-hyaenid
and hominid palimpsest .................................... 165
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, R. Barba, and E. Organista
10. Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of FLK North 5 ............... 191
C.P. Egeland
11. Natural background bone assemblages and their ravaging
stages in Olduvai Bed I ................................... 201
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo and E. Organista
12. FLK North North 1: "living floor" or natural
accumulation? ............................................. 217
R. Barba and M. Domínguez-Rodrigo
13. Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of FLK North North 2 ......... 229
C.P. Egeland
14. Reanalysis of FLK North North 3: yet another case of a
palimpsest? ............................................... 239
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo and R. Barba
15. Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of the DK site ............... 253
C.P. Egeland
Conclusions ................................................... 269
References .................................................... 279
Appendices .................................................... 293
Index ......................................................... 333
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