Also known as Lukenya Hill

Where: Athi-Kapiti, Kenya (1.5° S, 37.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 37.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• A rock overhang. Dated using C14. Sample Gx-6757 = 8170(+-)1500 and 8010(+-)340. Gx-6756 = 6770(+-)225. Gx-6755 = 6040(+-)225.

Environment/lithology: cave

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Holocene Aceramic in early Holocene, Holocene ceramic in middle Holocene. 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 32119: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.06.2003

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