Prolonged Drift (Holocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 755, Prolonged Drift,

Where: Kenya (0.4° S, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 0.4° S, 36.1° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 502530 +- 160; 2315 +- 1250; dates on elephant ivory radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: midden, ETE env comment: cluster of middens and living areas
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: silts and sands; brown silts

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 491, 487, 485, 483, 482, 477, 456, 121, 81, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: D. P. Gifford-Gonzalez and J. Kimengich. 1984. Faunal Evidence for Early Stockkeeping in the Central Rift Valley of Kenya: Preliminary Findings. In: Origin and Early Development of Food Producing Cultures in North-Eastern Africa; Polish Academy of Sciences; Poznan Archaeological Museum [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21936: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Tachyoryctes splendens
Tachyoryctes splendens Rüppell 1835 Northeast african mole rat
 Rodentia - Muridae
Acomys sp.
Acomys sp. Geoffroy 1838 (African) spiny mice
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa camelopardalis
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Taurotragus oryx, Syncerus caffer, Bos taurus, Caprini indet., "Gazella granti" = Nanger granti, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Connochaetes taurinus, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Aepyceros melampus
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Caprini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Caprini
"Gazella granti" = Nanger granti Brooke 1872 Grant's gazelle
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros