Where: Niger (17.0° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.0° N, 9.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• age is "Phase 2-Early Holocene Occupation (7700-6200 B.C.E.)" based on numerous 14C AMS dates on enamel and bone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: dune; lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
• human remains constitute a cemetary, and artifacts are "of the Kiffian technocomplex"; preservation of other vertebrates is not discussed
Preservation: anthropogenic
Collected in 2006, 2007
Collection methods: quarrying,
• museum repository is not discussed, but only some skeletons were "removed in plaster jackets" and prepared
•site discovered in 2000 and visited in 2003 but not worked until 2006 and 2007
Primary reference: P. C. Sereno, E. A. A. Garcea, H. Jousse, C. M. Stojanowski, J.-F. Saliège, A. Maga, O. A. Ide, K. J. Knudson, A. M. Mercuri, T. W. Stafford, Jr., T. G. Kaye, C. Giraudi, I. Massamba N'siala, E. Cocca, H. M. Moots, D. B. Dutheil, and J. P. Stivers. 2008. Lakeside cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 years of Holocene population and environmental change. PLoS ONE 3(8):e2995 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 83305: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish | |
Auchenoglanis sp. Günther 1865 naked catfish | |
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish | |
Mormyridae indet. elephantfish | |
Heterotis niloticus African arowana | |
Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Aves | |
Neognathae indet. bird | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Pelusios adansonii Schweigger 1812 Adansons mud turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 greater cane rat | |
Herpestidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 mongoose | |
Felis sylvestris cat | |
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Kobus kob Erxleben 1777 kob
Redunca redunca Hamilton Smith 1827 bohor reedbuck | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Bivalvia | |
? Aspatharia sp. Bourguignat 1885 clam | |
Mutela sp. Scopoli 1777 clam |