Lothagam
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Lothagam is a geological formation located in Kenya, near the southwestern shores of Lake Turkana, Template:Cvt from Kanapoi. It is located between the Kerio and Lomunyenkuparet Rivers on an uplifted fault block.[1]
Archaeology
Bryan Patterson from Harvard University was, in 1967, the first to carry out paleontological research at Lothagam.[1] Meave Leakey has also carried out extensive paleontological research at Lothagam.[2]
Miocene and Pliocene
Miocene-Pliocene deposits and numerous palaeontological finds have been found at Lothagam.
Holocene
Archaeological sites dating to the Holocene have been found at Lothagam, including the Lothagam Lokam harpoon site[3] and the Lothagam North Pillar Site.[4]
See also
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lothagam: about this site". turkanabasin.org. Turkana Basin Institute. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Leakey, Meave G.; Harris, John M. (2003-01-23). Lothagam : the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa. Leakey, Meave G.,, Harris, John Michael. New York. ISBN 0231507607. OCLC 53119634.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Goldstein, Steven; et al. (2017). "New archaeological investigations at the Lothagam harpoon site at Lake Turkana". Antiquity. 91 (360): e5. doi:10.15184/aqy.2017.215.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hildebrand, Elisabeth; et al. (2018). "A monumental cemetery built by eastern Africa's first herders near Lake Turkana, Kenya". PNAS. 115 (36): 8942–8947. Bibcode:2018PNAS..115.8942H. doi:10.1073/pnas.1721975115. PMC 6130363. PMID 30127016.
