Definition: During the 1970s, Tunisia-born French geologist Maurice Taieb explored the entire Afar region of Ethiopia, seeking paleontological remains; one of the sites he identified was the Hadar site. Taieb was also a founding member of the paleontological team studying the Great Rift Valley, when, he and Donald Johansen discovered the Australopithecus afarensis remains known as Lucy. Taieb is currently Directeur de recherche CNRS at the Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement (CEREGE).
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
