Causeway Site (Holocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 753, Causeway Site,

Where: Kenya (0.8° S, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 36.4° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 302045 +- 125 BP on bone apatite radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: midden, ETE env comment: open site; probable midden
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: soils; silts and sands

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: J. R. F. Bower and C.M. Nelson. 1977. Early Pottery and Pastoral Cultures of the Central Rift Valley, Kenya. Man 13:554-66 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21934: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa camelopardalis
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos taurus, Raphicerus campestris, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Caprini indet.
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Caprini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Caprini
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Tachyoryctes splendens
Tachyoryctes splendens Rüppell 1835 Northeast african mole rat