PBDB Collection

Akira (Holocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 756, Akira,

Where: Kenya (1.0° S, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.0° S, 36.2° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 451965 +- 140 BP on Gelatin; 445 +- on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: eolian; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: eolian, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: stratified open site

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: soil and silts

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 491, 485, 483, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: J. R. F. Bower and C.M. Nelson. 1977. Early Pottery and Pastoral Cultures of the Central Rift Valley, Kenya. Man 13:554-66 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21937: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
-	Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet. Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia-small Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia-medium Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia-large Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia-very large
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecidae indet. Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., "Gazella granti" = Nanger granti, Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphus buselaphus, Caprini indet., Capra hircus, Bos taurus Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-large Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-small Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-medium "Gazella granti" = Nanger granti Brooke 1872 Grant's gazelle Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest Caprini indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Caprini Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758 domestic goat Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra