Paleoanthropological and Geochronological Research at the Hadar Site, Ethiopia

本建议的主要目标是恢复挖掘， 位于埃塞俄比亚阿法尔中部的上新世遗址，哈达尔遗址。 这个遗址是世界上最丰富的原始人类遗址之一 在其他遗迹中，产生了著名的“露西”材料， 导致了一个新的人类物种的命名，南方古猿 阿法西斯 该网站在20世纪80年代初关闭， 制定关于挖掘的新立法。 的 人类起源研究所获准恢复挖掘 在1990年发现了15个新的人科动物标本。 领域 季节在这里提出，进一步的调查将进行更好地 描述遗址的地质背景， 在原始人轴承现场A.L.333的操作。

The primary objective of this proposal is to resume excavations at a Pliocene site in the central Afar of Ethiopia, the Hadar site. This site is one of the richest hominid sites in the world yielding, among other remains, the famous "Lucy" material which has led to the naming of a new hominid species, Australopithecus afarensis. This site was closed in the early 1980s pending the formulation of new legislation governing excavations. The Institute of Human Origins received permission to resume excavation in 1990 and discovered 15 new hominid specimens. In the field season proposed here, further surveys will be carried out to better characterize the geological context of the site as well as renewing operations at the hominid bearing locale A.L. 333.