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[[File:2011 01 Arriving at TBI 821 Lothagam.jpg|thumb|Cavern at Lothagam paleontological site in Turkana, Kenya]] |
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'''Lothagam''' is a [[geological formation]] located in [[Kenya]], near the southwestern shores of [[Lake Turkana]], {{cvt|55|km}} from [[Kanapoi]]. It is located between the [[Kerio River|Kerio]] and Lomunyenkuparet Rivers on an uplifted fault block.<ref name= "about">{{cite web | publisher = Turkana Basin Institute | website = turkanabasin.org| url= http://turkanabasin.org/component/content/article/62-turkana-basin-sites/122-lothagam-about-this-site |title = Lothagam: about this site| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110728134154/http://www.turkanabasin.org/component/content/article/62-turkana-basin-sites/122-lothagam-about-this-site| archivedate=2011-07-28}}</ref> Lothagam has deposits dating to the [[Miocene]]-[[Pliocene]] period and numerous [[paleontology|palaeontological]] finds have been recovered here. Archaeological sites dating to the [[Holocene]] are also found at Lothagam, including the Lothagam Lokam<ref>{{Cite journal| last= Goldstein| first=Steven|display-authors= etal|date=2017|title=New archaeological investigations at the Lothagam harpoon site at Lake Turkana|journal=Antiquity|volume=91|issue=360|pages=e5|doi=10.15184/aqy.2017.215|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
'''Lothagam''' is a [[geological formation]] located in [[Kenya]], near the southwestern shores of [[Lake Turkana]], {{cvt|55|km}} from [[Kanapoi]]. It is located between the [[Kerio River|Kerio]] and Lomunyenkuparet Rivers on an uplifted fault block.<ref name= "about">{{cite web | publisher = Turkana Basin Institute | website = turkanabasin.org| url= http://turkanabasin.org/component/content/article/62-turkana-basin-sites/122-lothagam-about-this-site |title = Lothagam: about this site| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110728134154/http://www.turkanabasin.org/component/content/article/62-turkana-basin-sites/122-lothagam-about-this-site| archivedate=2011-07-28}}</ref> Lothagam has deposits dating to the [[Miocene]]-[[Pliocene]] period and numerous [[paleontology|palaeontological]] finds have been recovered here. Archaeological sites dating to the [[Holocene]] are also found at Lothagam, including the Lothagam Lokam harpoon site<ref>{{Cite journal| last= Goldstein| first=Steven|display-authors= etal|date=2017|title=New archaeological investigations at the Lothagam harpoon site at Lake Turkana|journal=Antiquity|volume=91|issue=360|pages=e5|doi=10.15184/aqy.2017.215|doi-access=free}}</ref> and the [[Lothagam North Pillar Site]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hildebrand|first=Elisabeth|display-authors=etal|date=2018|title=A monumental cemetery built by eastern Africa's first herders near Lake Turkana, Kenya|journal=PNAS|volume=115|issue=36|pages=8942–8947|doi=10.1073/pnas.1721975115|pmid=30127016|pmc=6130363|bibcode=2018PNAS..115.8942H |doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:39, 18 November 2023
Lothagam is a geological formation located in Kenya, near the southwestern shores of Lake Turkana, 55 km (34 mi) 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 harpoon site[2] 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]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Lothagam: about this site". turkanabasin.org. Turkana Basin Institute. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2018PNAS..115.8942H. 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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