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Kromdraai : a birthplace of Paranthropus in the Cradle of Humankind /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stellenbosch, South Africa :
Sun Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of authors
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- 1. Evolutionary, chrono-cultural and palaeoenvironmental backgrounds to the Kromdraai site: A regional perspective
- Introduction
- Aims of this volume
- Aims of this chapter
- The construction of the Kromdraai B fossil and archaeological assemblages
- Broom's excavations (1938-44)
- Brain's excavations (1955-56)
- Vrba's excavations (1977-80)
- Thackeray's excavations (1993-2002)
- The Kromdraai Research Project (since 2002)
- The Kromdraai litho- and biostratigraphy
- Partridge's stratigraphic interpretation of KB
- The Kromdraai biostratigraphy
- Uranium-lead dating and magnetostratigraphy of the Kromdraai deposits
- A preliminary sketch of the KB fossil hominins
- The hallmark of the KB hominin sample
- The taphonomy and palaeoenvironments at Kromdraai B
- The accumulative agents at KB
- Palaeoenvironments at KB
- Faunal evidence
- Isotopic evidence
- Preliminary conclusions: A regional perspective
- References
- 2. A computer-guided 3D multiscale reconstruction of the Kromdraai site
- Introduction
- Data acquisition and processing
- In situ 3D reconstruction
- Terrestrial laser scanning
- Portable laser scanner
- Photos-based 3D reconstructions
- UAS photogrammetry
- Fusing different data
- Conclusions
- References
- 3. A revised stratigraphy of Kromdraai
- Introduction
- Description of the site
- From the eastern end to the siliceous breccia (33 to 42 m)
- From the siliceous breccia to the dolomitic bridge (33 to 12 m)
- From the dolomitic bridge to the western extremity (12 to 0 m)
- A new proposed stratigraphic description of the Kromdraai B karst fillings
- From the siliciclastic breccia to the western end of Kromdraai B West
- Member 1
- First breccia level, formation of the main talus
- Member 2
- First breccia level of the secondary slope
- Member 3
- Pinkish sandstone with broken speleothems
- Member 4
- Stratified breccia and gravelly talus
- Member 5
- Fine pinkish sandstones with ferruginous fragments, calcite blocks and ghost rock clusters
- Member 6
- Orangey breccia with blocks of chert and goethite cubes
- Member 7
- Fine sandstones with bone and gravelly conglomerates
- To the east of the siliceous breccia until the eastern end of the site
- Member 1
- Member 5
- Member 6
- Chocolate breccia with fragments of chert and ferruginous blocks
- The 'holotype block'
- Interpretations concerning the evolution of the cave
- Member 1
- Members 2, 3 and 4
- Members 5 and 6
- Member 7
- Chronological landmarks
- Correlations with earlier stratigraphies
- Conclusion
- References
- 4. The Kromdraai hominins revisited with an updated portrayal of differences between Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus
- Introduction
- Aims of this study
- Evolutionary, chrono-cultural and palaeoenvironmental backgrounds to the Kromdraai: a regional perspective
- A computer-guided 3D multiscale reconstruction of the Kromdraai site
- A revised stratigraphy of Kromdraai
- The Kromdraai hominins revisited with an updated portrayal of differences between Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus
- Some preliminary interpretations of the oldest faunal assemblage from Kromdraai
- Kromdraai: a preliminary hypothetical evolutionary scenario.