Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

The Bed-I series of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) is a reference site in human evolution, having yielded the holotypes of Paranthropus boisei and Homo habilis, together with manufactured artefacts and abundant large and micro-fauna. Excavations in Olduvai Gorge have been recently resumed, with new aims a...

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Autores: Arcos Fernández, Saleta, Sevilla García, María Paloma, Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:566
Olduvai Bed-I
Small mammals
Taphonomy
Palaeoenvironment
Paleontología
2416 Paleontología
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spelling Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)Arcos Fernández, SaletaSevilla García, María PalomaFernández Jalvo, Yolanda566Olduvai Bed-ISmall mammalsTaphonomyPalaeoenvironmentPaleontología2416 PaleontologíaThe Bed-I series of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) is a reference site in human evolution, having yielded the holotypes of Paranthropus boisei and Homo habilis, together with manufactured artefacts and abundant large and micro-fauna. Excavations in Olduvai Gorge have been recently resumed, with new aims and new results. This paper presents the results of the taphonomic analysis carried out on a fossil small-mammal assemblage recovered from FLK NW level 20, a layer overlying Tuff C, dated from 1.84 Ma. The analysis provides good evidence of a category 1 predator, most likely a barn owl, as the predator of the bone assemblage. Trampling and sediment compression might influence postdepositional breakage of the bones. This study is especially relevant since previous taphonomic analyses carried out at levels above and below this sample led to inconclusive results due to a low number of fossils (Fernández-Jalvo et al., 1998). The new sample provides new information to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental context in which early hominins inhabited.ElsevierUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20102010-01-0120102010-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42057reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/420572026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
title Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
spellingShingle Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Arcos Fernández, Saleta
566
Olduvai Bed-I
Small mammals
Taphonomy
Palaeoenvironment
Paleontología
2416 Paleontología
title_short Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
title_full Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
title_fullStr Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
title_full_unstemmed Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
title_sort Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arcos Fernández, Saleta
Sevilla García, María Paloma
Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda
author Arcos Fernández, Saleta
author_facet Arcos Fernández, Saleta
Sevilla García, María Paloma
Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda
author_role author
author2 Sevilla García, María Paloma
Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 566
Olduvai Bed-I
Small mammals
Taphonomy
Palaeoenvironment
Paleontología
2416 Paleontología
topic 566
Olduvai Bed-I
Small mammals
Taphonomy
Palaeoenvironment
Paleontología
2416 Paleontología
description The Bed-I series of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) is a reference site in human evolution, having yielded the holotypes of Paranthropus boisei and Homo habilis, together with manufactured artefacts and abundant large and micro-fauna. Excavations in Olduvai Gorge have been recently resumed, with new aims and new results. This paper presents the results of the taphonomic analysis carried out on a fossil small-mammal assemblage recovered from FLK NW level 20, a layer overlying Tuff C, dated from 1.84 Ma. The analysis provides good evidence of a category 1 predator, most likely a barn owl, as the predator of the bone assemblage. Trampling and sediment compression might influence postdepositional breakage of the bones. This study is especially relevant since previous taphonomic analyses carried out at levels above and below this sample led to inconclusive results due to a low number of fossils (Fernández-Jalvo et al., 1998). The new sample provides new information to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental context in which early hominins inhabited.
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