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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2-6, 2014 LOG SHEET # - SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: BEN CAPISTRANO/ RACHEL CRICHTON MEMORY CARD NUMBER - TASCAM: CFCH20 FILE NAME: BOMA 0112 MEMORY CARD NUMBER - ZOOM H2: CFCH22 FILE NAME: - PRESENTER: Rick Potts DATE/TIME: 6/28 PROGRAM: Kenya - Mambo Poa STAGE: BOMA GROUP NAME: THE SEARCH FOR HUMAN ORIGINS REGION/STYLE: [[2 columned table]] | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Jackson Nzioki Matiuo | -Researcher (Human origin) | | | Maker excavator | | | - works w/ Smithsonian projects | CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back): 1. Mambo Poa - "everything is Ok" 2. Mativo - born in Matchaleos District - 65 km SE of Nairobi 3. - farmer - so digging for archaeology is almost natural. 4. Kenya - known for fossils - rel. to human origins - 5. - has been interested in archaeology - since primary sch. 6. - 1992. in Nairobi - met R. Potts - in Kenya Nat. Museum - 7. joined his research team; R. Potts - began proj in S. 8. Kenya in 1985 - info - for geologists; historians, etc. → fossils. - first discovery - hyenna fossils → buried in caves - - extinct form of hyenna - short legs, predator/scavenger, jaws - more powerful (1 million yrs ago)< age - - biggest fossil - elephant - 1m. yrs old - - favorite fossil - human skull - 2/3 - 9,000 yrs old -