Narosura (Holocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 754, Narosura,

Where: Kenya (1.5° S, 38.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 38.9° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 782360 +- 110; 2760 +- 115; dates on bone collagen; additional dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: open site
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: ash, grey-brown sand, brown sand, some soil

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 485, 483, 482, 478, 477, 456, 121, ; 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 21935: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus asinus, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa camelopardalis
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Madoqua sp., Alcelaphini indet., Connochaetes taurinus, Caprini indet., Capra hircus, Ovis aries, Kobus ellipsiprymnus, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, "Gazella granti" = Nanger granti, Bovini indet., Bos taurus
Madoqua sp. Ogilby 1837 dikdik
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
Caprini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Caprini
Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758 domestic goat
Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758 domestic sheep
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle
"Gazella granti" = Nanger granti Brooke 1872 Grant's gazelle
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow