At Olduvai Gorge natural erosion exposed a deep series of
superimposed geological beds containing rich artefact and fossil
assemblages spanning the last 1.8 million years. The sire ot famous
as a rsult of excavations conducted there since 1951 under the
direction of Mary Leakey and her husband, the late Louis Leakey.
This volume, written largely by Mary Leakey herself, is the last of
the reports and records the archaeological finds in the upper part
of the Olduvai sequence from excavations carried out from the end
of 1968 until 1971. The period covered here is from about 1.2 to
0.4 million years ago and th efinds include artefacts and faunal
remains excavated from sites in beds II, IV na the Masek beds. The
volume follows on from the archaeological record in beds I and II
published in volume 3 of the series.
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