Peninj
Subtitle: a research project on human origins, 1995-2005
By: edited by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Luis Alcalá, and Luis Luque.
Contributors: Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel.; Alcalá, Luis.; Luque, Luis.
Series: American School of Prehistoric Research monograph series; American School of Prehistoric Research monograph series
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; Oakville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781842173824
Subjects: Acheulian culture -- Tanzania; Fossil hominids -- Tanzania; Human evolution -- Tanzania; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Tanzania; Paleontology -- Tanzania; Paleoecology -- Tanzania; Paleontology -- Pleistocene; Paleoecology -- Pleistocene; Peninj Site (Tanzania)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-277).
Table of contents: title: Structural and referential principles as applied to research design at Peninj  -- Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo and Luis Alcalá; title: The Peninj group : tectonics, volcanism, and sedimentary paleoenvironments during the Lower Pleistocene in the Lake Natron Basin (Tanzania)  -- Luis Luque, Luis Alcalá, and Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo; title: The Peninj group in type section (Maritanane) : an analysis of landscape evolution  -- Luis Luque, Luis Alcalá, and Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo; title: A taphonomic study of the T1 paleosurface in type section (Maritanane) : the ST site complex  -- Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Luis Alcalá, and Luis Luque; title: Isotopic ecology and diets of fossil fauna from the T-1 (type section, Maritanane) paleosurface  -- Nikolaas J. van der Merwe; title: Archaeological evidence of carcass-processing spots created by Lower Pleistocene hominids from the ST4 site  -- Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Fernando Diez-Martín, Luis Alcalá, Luis Luque, Rebeca Barba, Rafael Mora, Ignacio de la Torre, and Pastory Bushozi; title: The technology of the ST site complex  -- Ignacio de la Torre and Rafael Mora; title: ST-69 : an Acheulean assemblage in the Moinik formation of type section  -- Fernando Diez-Martín, Luis Luque, and Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo; title: The Acheulian sites from the south escarpment  -- Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Jordi Serrallonga, Luis Luque, Fernando Diez-Martín, Luis Alcalá, and Pastory Bushozi; title: The Acheulian sites from the north escarpment  -- Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Fernando Díez-Martín, Luis Luque, Luis Alcalá, and Pastory Bushozi; title: Conclusions  -- Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Luis Alcalá, and Luis Luque; title: Appendix: Color plates.