Paleontology and geology of Laetoli: human evolution in context. Vol.1: Geology, geochronology, paleoecology and paleoenvironment / ed. by T.Harrison. - Dordrecht; New York: Springer, 2011. - xiii, 401 p.: ill., maps. - (Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series). - Bibliogr. at the end of the chapters. - Ind.: p.393-401. - ISBN 978-90-481-9955-6  Место хранения:   088 | Институт археологии и этнографии СО РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

1 Laetoli Revisited: Renewed Paleontological and Geological Investigations at Localities on the Eyasi Plateau in Northern Tanzania ............................................ 1 Terry Harrison 2 Paleontological Localities on the Eyasi Plateau, Including Laetoli ..................................................... 17 Terry Harrison and Amandus Kweka 3 Sedimentology, Lithostratigraphy and Depositional History of the Laetoli Area ......................................... 47 Peter Ditchfield and Terry Harrison 4 40Аr/39Аr Dating of Laetoli, Tanzania ....................... 77 Alan L. Deino 5 Petrology, Geochemistry and Age of Satiman, Lemagurut and Oldeani: Sources of the Volcanic Deposits of the Laetoli Area ........................................................ 99 Godwin F. Mollel, Carl C. Swisher III, Mark D. Feigenson, and Michael J. Carr 6 Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Laetoli Area Tuffs: Lower Laetolil through Naibadad Beds ....................... 121 Lindsay J. McHenry 7 Geochemical and Mineralogie Characterization of Middle Stone Age Tools of Laetoli, Tanzania, and Comparisons with Possible Source Materials ............................. 143 Katherine A. Adelsberger, Karl R. Wirth, Audax Z.P. Mabulla, and Daniel C. Bowman 8 The Ecology and Biogeography of the Endulen-Laetoli Area in Northern Tanzania ....................................... 167 Peter Andrews, Marion K. Bamford, Efrem-Fred Njau, and Godson Leliyo 9 Phytoliths and Pollen, the Microscopic Plant Remains in Pliocene Volcanic Sediments Around Laetoli, Tanzania .... 201 Lloyd Rossouw and Louis Scott 10 Fossil Woods ............................................... 217 Marion K. Bamford 11 Fossil Leaves, Fruits and Seeds ............................ 235 Marion K. Bamford 12 Serengeti Micromammal Communities and the Paleoecology of Laetoli, Tanzania ....................................... 253 Denné N. Reed 13 The Taphonomy and Paleoenvironmental Implications of the Laetoli Micromammals ....................................... 265 Denné N. Reed and Christiane Denys 14 Coprolites: Taphonomic and Paleoecological Implications .... 279 Terry Harrison 15 Stable Isotopic Analyses of Laetoli Fossil Herbivores ...... 293 John D. Kingston 16 Feeding Ecology and Niche Partitioning of the Laetoli Ungulate Faunas ............................................ 329 Thomas M. Kaiser 17 Paleoenvironments of Laetoli, Tanzania as Determined by Antelope Habitat Preferences ............................ 355 Laura C. Bishop, Thomas W. Plummer, Fritz Hertel, and Kris Kovarovic 18 Environmental Change within the Laetoli Fossiliferous Sequence: Vegetation Catenas and Bovid Ecomorphology ....... 367 Kris Kovarovic and Peter Andrews 19 Large Mammal Evidence for the Paleoenvironment of the Upper Laetolil and Upper Ndolanya Beds of Laetoli, Tanzania ................................................... 381 Denise F. Su Index ......................................................... 393