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Mariam Joseph Bundala

Grant Type

Dissertation Fieldwork Grant

Institutional Affiliation

Calgary, U. of

Grant number

Gr. 10099

Approve Date

April 8, 2021

Project Title

Bundala, Mariam (Calgary, U. of) "Middle Pleistocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction through phytolith analysis at the Manyara Beds, northern Tanzania "

The aim of this study is to understand how environmental change in East Africa impacted human evolution during the Middle Pleistocene. Dating from 780,000-633,000 years ago, the Manyara Beds sample a poorly studied stratigraphic interval in the Middle Pl