Lothagam
Lothagam is a geological formation located in Kenya, near the southwestern shores of Lake Turkana, 55 kilometres from Kanapoi. It is located between the Kerio and Lomunyenkuparet Rivers on an uplifted fault block. [1] Lothagam has deposits dating to the Miocene-Pliocene period and numerous palaeontological finds have been recovered here. Archaeological sites dating to the Holocene are also found at Lothagam, including the Lothagam Lokam[2] harpoon site and the Lothagam North Pillar Site.[3]
Background[]
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.[4]
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References[]
- ^ a b Turkana Basin Institute: Lothagam: about this site Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hildebrand, Elisabeth; et al. (2018). "A monumental cemetery built by eastern Africa's first herders near Lake Turkana, Kenya". PNAS. 115 (36): 8942–8947. doi:10.1073/pnas.1721975115. PMC 6130363. PMID 30127016.
- ^ 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.
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