IN T KO D uc T 1 o N 23
LAYOUT OF ENTRIES
In the following accounts, the African and Asian fos-
sil records of the genus Homo are presented in the
form of alphabetical listings of sites, grouped by con-
tinent. The name of the site first given is that by
which it is most commonly known; any alternative or
complementary names follow in parentheses. Within
each site entry, information is presented in the follow-
ing categories:
Location. Where the site is: country, region, and (in
most cases) distance and direction to nearest
village and/or major town. Also consult Maps
section.
Discovery. Date(s) of discovery of the fossil(s), plus
the name of the individual(s) who made the
discovery(ies), or the name of the excavation di-
rector(s). Note that the date is not that of the dis-
covery of the site itself, and the names are not
necessarily those of the discoverers of the site.
Material. A short note on what the human fossil(s)
from the site consist(s) of. Further details are
found in the “Morphology” section.
Dating and Stratigraphic Context. A brief review of
absolute dates (if any) obtained for the site andor
hominids, and of the stratigraphic context(s), geo-
logical or archaeological, of the locality(ies) of fossil
recovery. Where dating is by archaeological associ-
ation, there is some overlap with the next section:
Archaeological Context. A brief rCsume of the cul-
tural association(s) of the hominid fossil(s).
Previous Descriptions and Analyses. An overview of
the history of description and analysis of the fos-
sil(s). This is not intended to be comprehensive or
discursive, but is simply a very general summary
and pointer toward the literature.
Morphology. Here we come to the meat of the
volume. We present a brief but comprehensiveaccount of the morphology of the cranial,
mandibular, and dental Homo fossil(s) known from
each site. These accounts are based on the ap-
proach to terminology and description that was
presented in Volume 1 of this series, and is thus
made according to a consistent protocol that makes
descriptions directly and conveniently comparable
from one site to the next. Where the hominid re-
mains consist of series of fragments, we describe as
complete a composite as representation allows.
Where there is one particularly well-preserved
specimen, our description is based on this, with ref-
erences added to any less well-preserved fossils
from the site in which morphology differs signifi-
cantly. If more than one distinctive morph (as op-
posed to simple character variation) is represented
at a site, we describe each morph separately, using
the same protocol. Where both adult and juvenile
specimens are known, these are described sepa-
rately. Although we note, in the case of multiple
morphs, which fossils belong to which morph, we
make no attempt at systematic analysis here, and
we do not attempt to compare any of the fossil(s)
under description with any others beyond those
from the same site and belonging to the same
morph. The focus is exclusively on individual mor-
phology, described by way of the characters already
discussed in Volume 1. The reader will thus be able
to make objective comparisons among fossils from
every site in this series of books, unimpeded by
confusing comparatives.
References. For the reader’s convenience, all literature
references made in previous sections of each site en-
try are quoted in full here. Note that this is not (and
is not intended to be) a comprehensive bibliography
on each site and the fossils found there.
Repository. The location where the fossils are held.