The Pleistocene archaeology and environments of the Wasiriya Beds, Rusinga Island, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 657-671

  Tryon, Christian A ^a   Tyler Faith, J ^b   Peppe, Daniel J ^c   Fox, David L ^d   McNulty, Kieran P ^d   Jenkins, Kirsten ^d   Dunsworth, Holly ^e   Harcourt Smith Will, W ^f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aridity; Lake Victoria; Middle Stone Age; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOMINID; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MESOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

KENYA; NYANZA; RUSINGA ISLAND;

EQUUS GREVYI; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO SAPIENS; MEGALOTRAGUS; ORYX; ORYX GAZELLA; PELOROVIS ANTIQUUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 78149410274     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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