Olorgesailie
Olorgesailie is an archeological site on the floor of the Eastern Rift Valley in Kenya, 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Nairobi along the road towards Lake Magadi. The area harbors an abundance of hand axes characteristic of the Acheulean period, made by hominids between about 600,000 and 900,000 years ago[1] along what was then the shore of a now dried-up lake.
The artifacts were first discovered by the British geologist John Walter Gregory in 1919,[2][3] but it was not until 1943 that excavation began in earnest under the direction of Mary and Louis Leakey, with the assistance of paroled Italian prisoners of war.[4] Work continued there until 1947. Glynn Isaac took up the excavation in the 1960s[5] for his dissertation. In the 1980s, research was continued by Richard Potts of the Smithsonian Institute in conjunction with the National Museums of Kenya. In 2003, a small skull was found, probably belonging to Homo Erectus.[6]
Olorgesailie is now a Kenyan national site.[7]
References
- ^ Bethany A. Bye, Francis H. Brown, Thure E. Cerling, and Ian McDougall (September 17, 1987). "Letters to Nature - Increased age estimate for the Lower Palaeolithic hominid site at Olorgesailie, Kenya". Nature. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "So much to see at Olorgesailie". Daily Nation. February 28, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Willoughby, Pamela R. (2007). The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa: A Comprehensive Guide. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7591-0119-1.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) p. 55 - ^ Nicholls, Christine Stephanie (2005). Red Strangers: The White Tribe of Kenya. Timewell Press. ISBN 1-85725-206-3.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) p. 231 - ^ Oliver, Roland Anthony (2000). The African experience: from Olduvai Gorge to the 21st century. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-9042-7.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) p. 23 - ^ Weisman, Alan (2007). The World Without Us. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-34729-4.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) p. 69 - ^ "Olorgesailie". National Museums of Kenya. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
Bibliography
- Isaac, Glynn Llywelyn; Isaac, Barbara (1977). Olorgesailie: Archeological Studies of a Middle Pleistocene Lake Basin in Kenya. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-38483-7.
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