The Pleistocene locality of Kanjera, Western Kenya: stratigraphy, chronology and paleoenvironments

Behrensmeyer, Anna K.; Potts, Richard; Plummer, Thomas W.; Tauxe, Lisa; Opdyke, Neil D.; Jorstad, Thomas F.

doi:10.1006/jhev.1995.1059

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“…This suid is present up to bed KN-4. The normal polarity recorded at the top of this bed was correlated with Jaramillo by Behrensmeyer et al (1995) on the basis of a correlation with Kanjera South, which is now known to be incorrect (Ditchfield et al, 1999). In fact, bed KN-4 probably covers the Matuyama / Brunhes boundary, thus providing an approximate extinction date for this species.…”

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The Pleistocene fauna (other than Primates) from Asbole, lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia, and its environmental and biochronological implications

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“…Details of the vertical distribution of M. compactus at Kanjera North have been provided by Behrensmeyer et al (1995) and Ditchfield et al (1999). This suid is present up to bed KN-4.…”

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The Pleistocene fauna (other than Primates) from Asbole, lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia, and its environmental and biochronological implications

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“…Sediments at Kanjera South were deposited in a lake-margin setting, with palaeoflow directed towards the depositional low to the North (Behrensmeyer et al, 1995;Ditchfield et al, 1999). KS-1 is a sandy silt to fine sand, with occasional pebble and granule lenses.…”

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Recent research into oldowan hominin activities at Kanjera South, Western Kenya

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This paper presents the initial results of excavations at Kanjera South, located on the Homa Peninsula in Western Kenya. Since 1995, our exploration of this locality has yielded a combination of artefacts and well preserved faunal remains in a sedimentary context that also allows for environmental reconstruction. Here we examine the history of exploration of Kanjera and its significance in the development of palaeoanthropological research in East Africa. We also summarise our findings from the recently discovered Oldowan site. Taphonomic analyses suggest that the archaeological layers were formed at least partially by hominin activity. Artefacts made from a wide variety of raw materials are abundant, as are animal bones. Results of our first analyses confirm that Oldowan hominins had considerable behavioural flexibility and occupied a range of habitats.Cet article présente des résultats préliminaires de nos fouilles au site de Kanjera South, situé sur la péninsule de Homa au Kenya occidental. Depuis 1995 nos explorationsà cette localité ont produit une combinaison des outils lithiques et des restes fossils dans un bonétat Springer 32 Afr Archaeol Rev (2006) 23:31-40 de conservation venant d'un contexte sédimentaire qui permetégalement les reconstitutions paleoenvironnementaux. Ici nous examinons l'histoire de l'exploration de Kanjera et de son importance dans le développement de la recherche paleoanthropologique en Afrique de l'Est. Nous récapitulonségalement nos résultats du gisement récemment découvert d'Oldowan. L'étude taphonomique suggère que les couches archéologiques ontété formées au moins partiellement par l'activité des hominins. Les objets fabriqués faitsà partir d'une grande variété de matières lithiques sont abondants, de même que les os animaux. Les résultats de nos premières analyses confirment que les hominins d'Oldowan ont eu une flexibilité de comportement considérable et ont occupé une gamme d'habitats différents.

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“…MacInnes (1956) specified that the holotype has been found in a pocket of Pleistocene gravel and alluvium. The site where the paratype was found, Kanjera, is dated between 1.5 and 0.5 Ma (Behrensmeyer et al 1995).…”

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Plio-Pleistocene aardvarks (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from East Africa

Lehmann

2008

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The Pleistocene locality of Kanjera, Western Kenya: stratigraphy, chronology and paleoenvironments

Cited by 53 publications

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The Pleistocene fauna (other than Primates) from Asbole, lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia, and its environmental and biochronological implications

The Pleistocene fauna (other than Primates) from Asbole, lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia, and its environmental and biochronological implications

Recent research into oldowan hominin activities at Kanjera South, Western Kenya

Plio-Pleistocene aardvarks (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from East Africa

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