Also known as Lukenya Hill

Where: Athi-Kapiti plains, Kenya (1.5° S, 37.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Maximum age ~14,000yrs, Minimum 10,000yrs, dated using C14.

Environment/lithology: cave

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Rock overhang with site in three phases: Terminal late Pleistocene Geometric, Holocene Aceramic in the Early Holocene and Holocene ceramic in the middle Holocene. Microlith-rich LSA. Material held in National Museum of Kenya.

Primary reference: C. W. Marean. 1992. Implications of Late Quaternary mammalian fauna from Lukenya Hill (South-Central Kenya) for paleoenvironmental change and faunal extinctions. Quaternary Research 37:239-255 [A. Behrensmeyer/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32115: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.06.2003, edited by Denne Reed

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