L. S. B. Leakey

The Stone Age Cultures of Kenya Colony

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Produktbeschreibung

Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903â 72) was a British archaeologist, naturalist and palaeoanthropologist who made a significant contribution to the study of human evolutionary development. First published in 1931, this work presents the results of two periods of excavation by the East African Archaeological Expedition during 1926â 7 and 1928â 9.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9781107615472
• ISBN-10: 110761547X
• Artikelnr.: 39304394

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
1. Discoveries in Kenya prior to 1926
2. Climatic changes
3. Pleistocene fauna
4. Outline of the Kenya culture sequence
5. The Kenya Chellean and the Kenya Acheulean and the Nanyukian
6. The Kenya Mousterian and the Kenya Stillbay
7. The Kenya Aurignacian
8. The Mesolithic cultures in Kenya. The Elmenteitan and Kenya Wilton
9. The Neolithic cultures in Kenya. The Gumban cultures and the Njoroan
10. The relation of the Kenya cultures to those of Europe and of South Africa
11. The relation of the Kenya cultures to those of Europe and of South Africa (continued)
Appendix A. The geology of the implementiferous deposits in the Nakuru and Naivisha basins and the surrounding area
Appendix B. The correlation of pluvial periods in Africa with climatic changes in Europe
Appendix C. Preliminary report on the fossil mammalia
Appendix D. The mollusca from deposits of Gamblian pluvial date
Appendix E. Extract from Professor Gregory's Rift Valleys and Geology of East Africa
Appendix F. A note on the beads from the upper Kenya Aurignacian levels of Gamble's Cave II, and a note on the two beads from the Nakuru burial site
Maps
Index.