2017
DOI: 10.1002/oa.2593
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Taphonomy and Paleoichnology of Olduvai Hominid 1 (OH1), Tanzania

Abstract: This paper presents a case study of the Late Pleistocene skeletal remains of Olduvai Hominid 1, which were unearthed in Tanzania. Excavated in 1913, this fossil shows severe damage due to subterranean termites (Insecta: Isoptera). By combining methods to quantify and locate traces on the skeleton with the study of the different taphonomic processes that altered the deposit, we demonstrate a non-arbitrary pattern of termite alteration of the skeletal remains. These results shed new light on the possibility to r… Show more

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“…In 1931, accompanied by Louis Leakey, Arthur Hopwood, Donald MacInnes, and Vivian Evelyn Fuchs, Reck returned to Olduvai to confirm its paleoanthropological potential which led to the discovery of Acheulean handaxes near Geolocality 6 and 7. In November 1931, the same team along with Edmund Teale visited the site where Reck had excavated a burial and subsequently published a report to support the initial claim that it was of Bed II age (Leakey et al 1931) but it was later shown to be of Late Pleistocene age (Boswell 1932;Leakey et al 1933;Leakey 1974;Matu et al 2017; Protsch 1974).…”
Section: History Of Archaeological and Geological Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In 1931, accompanied by Louis Leakey, Arthur Hopwood, Donald MacInnes, and Vivian Evelyn Fuchs, Reck returned to Olduvai to confirm its paleoanthropological potential which led to the discovery of Acheulean handaxes near Geolocality 6 and 7. In November 1931, the same team along with Edmund Teale visited the site where Reck had excavated a burial and subsequently published a report to support the initial claim that it was of Bed II age (Leakey et al 1931) but it was later shown to be of Late Pleistocene age (Boswell 1932;Leakey et al 1933;Leakey 1974;Matu et al 2017; Protsch 1974).…”
Section: History Of Archaeological and Geological Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En particular, tres familias de termitas (Termitidae, Mastotermitidae y Rhinotermitidae) han sido reconocidas por su habilidad de consumir huesos, su impacto en la degradación de restos óseos ha sido demostrada desde hace por lo menos un siglo y sus huellas diagnosticas identificadas más recientemente (Backwell, Parkinson, Roberts, D'Errico y Huchet, 2012;Huchet, 2014aHuchet, , 2014bHuchet et al, 2011;Matu, Crevecoeur y Huchet, 2017).…”
Section: Termitas Como Agentes Naturales De Alteraciones Tafonómicasunclassified
“…A partir del trabajo pionero de Derry (1911) que identificó a las termitas como agentes tafonómicos de modificación ósea en tumbas con momias de la antigua Nubia, otros casos arqueológicos involucrando diversas clases de insectos y su acción en restos humanos han sido descritos y publicados desde entonces. Entre ellos, están los análisis de huesos fósiles con marcas de termitas en sitios arqueológicos y paleoantropológicos africanos (Kaiser, 2000;Matu et al, 2017;McBrearty, 1990), el análisis de la fauna cadavérica en una momia egipcia (Huchet, 2010) y en un fardo funerario del México prehispánico (Huchet et al, 2013), la aplicación de la entomología forense para evaluar el intervalo postmortem en el caso de una momia Chachapoyas en Perú (Nystrom et al, 2005), o el primer caso arqueológico en el continente sudamericano de un esqueleto afectado por termitas en el sitio Huaca de la Luna en Perú (Huchet et al, 2011). En varios de estos trabajos, se han aplicado protocolos de reconocimiento de las huellas dejadas por las termitas a partir de modificaciones óseas diagnósticas de acuerdo con una aproximación multidisciplinar que involucra la Icnología, la Tafonomía, la Entomología, la Arqueología y la Bioarqueología.…”
Section: Termitas Como Agentes Naturales De Alteraciones Tafonómicasunclassified
“…Knüsel and Robb 2016, 656). As the emerging field of funerary archaeoentomology is beginning to show, however, insect modifications to human skeletal remains allow us not only to reconstruct palaeoenvironments but also advance our understanding of funerary practices (Huchet and Greenberg 2010, Huchet et al 2013, Huchet 2014a, 2014b, Matu et al 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%